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Utrecht - Marcus
Junkelmann
Tuesday 18
September1990 |
This is
where my re-enactment fever started. All these pictures
were shot on tuesday 18th, when Marcus Junkelmann rode
into Utrecht, where I was studying to become a historian
at the time. For such an epic journey (a ride all across
the northwestern border of the Roman Empire), the event
was not well advertised, so I read about it only shortly
before he arrived with his troop, the Ala II Flavia.
I already had one of his books, so I kinda knew what to
expect, I thought. But who could expect a fully armed
Roman cavalryman to ride right into one of the most
upstanding Dutch book-shops? Not me! No pictures of that
entry, I'm so very sorry, it was legendary. A stunning
sight, never repeated and (I think) not agreed with the
owners... Everyone still remembers it though. Having
dismounted (I forget what they did with the horse),
Marcus was kind enough to sign my book and the new one he
was promoting.
That afternoon, the troop stayed at the Lepelenburg, a
park near the town centre, to do a show 'n tell for the
alerted crowd. The weather was not very good, overcast
but dry, bad for my pictures (I did not have a fast
enough film. Also, very bad for the Ala, as they went on
their ride across the Limes mostly being very wet from
the consistent rain.
Downtown Utrecht. Travelling companions
of Junkelmann are Bruno Pöpping (left).. |
... Fritz Bronsart ... |
.. and Roland Heiß (right). |
Man, we were so young back then - and
thin! Beard's long gone, as well. |
The ceremonies are over, and the troop
moves to the Lepelenburg park. Two of the
Camarque horses used by the Junkelmann
troop. |
Andreas hidden beneath the Niederbieber
helmet. |
.. and yrs truly with a brass
Montefortino. |
Not just Romans, the press was also there
(RTL 4 crew). |
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Andreas and dr. Marcus Junkelmann. |
Tired already, and still about a hard month away
from home ... |
Gear, not just for show - a Dura Europos scutum,
two Coolus helmets, a spatha and pila. |
Roland with the dogs who came along for the whole
trip. |
Cool, this Koblenz-Bubenheim type helmet... |
To please the crowds - on with the show!
Junkelmann leads, then come Bronsart,
Pöpping and Heiß. |
Heiß successfully scares off Bronsart -
a job most inexperienced shield-walls
would fail to do. |
Junkelmann and Bronsart with a Dutch
volunteer (Jona Lendering?) from the
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. |
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