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14 22 32Welcome to the second edition ofMAGAZINE – the newsletter ofICOMAM, the InternationalCommittee of Museums of Armsand Military History, published toinform members of its activitiesand publicize these to the widerworld.Since our first issue ICOMAMhas held its conference in Rio deJaneiro where we were in the verycapable hands of AdmiralArmando Bittencourt. He and hisstaff looked after us in superbstyle enabling us to see theirwonderful collections, meet ourSouth American colleagues andexperience Brazil’s legendaryhospitality. We have included ashort photo essay of theconference here.As in the first issue we have amixture of material from news andexhibitions to articles on objectsand displays. As we stated beforewe hope to provide a forum for thewider field of arms, armour andmilitary studies – to share ideasand experiences and spreadinformation about what workedand what did not. We hope you findit useful and informative.We welcome feedback andcomments and hope that you willbe inspired to contribute to thenext issue in September 2009.Robert Douglas SmithRuth Rhynas BrownEDITORSContentsNews ......................0404 The international conferenceof ICOMAM, Rio de Janeiro,August 200808 Restoration of the Royal Galliot atthe Naval Museum, Rio de Janeiro09 The first ‘Victoria Cross forAustralia’10 News from the National MaritimeMuseum, Amsterdam,The Netherlands11 Großer Besuchererfolg imHeeresgeschichtlichen Museumin Wien12 War belongs in museums!The Austrian Military MuseumExhibitions..............1414 Exhibitions at the Dutch ArmyMuseum, Delft. Graveyard oftheCold War. Photo-exposition ofMartin Roemers15 The world’s ‘most beautiful’firearms16 Chienne de guerre! Les animauxdans la Grande Guerre 1914-18Musée royal de l’Armée etd’Histoire Militaire, Bruxelles17 Helmand: Faces of conflict,National War Museum Scotland,Edinburgh Castle18 Heroes: An exhibition from theArmy museum in StockholmPublications............1921 The book as weapon, publicationand exhibition, The Dutch ArmyMuseum, DelftArticles ...................2222 The military museum as anadvocate for peace24 Le Musée militaire messagerde la paix26 Collecting and organizing thecollections in the Army Museumin Stockholm28 Abroad with the Walkers – fromRotherham to Rio de Janeiro30 The Yser panorama, in the RoyalMilitary Museum, Brussels32 An Arctic sword33 Who knew? Serendipitousdiscoveries when cataloguinga collection35 Hermann Göring’s peaked cap37 The new Duke of Wellington’sRegiment Museum43 The study collection of militaryequipment at the Federal Officefor Defence Technology andProcurement in Koblenz, Germany.44 The Naseby Battlefield ProjectISSUE 02 MAGAZINE 3