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11th September 2015, 05:55 PM
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Arms Historian
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Route 66
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Marcus and Stekemest, thank you for your thoughtful insights and Marcus you are exactly right, Michael would indeed wish to have his work carried forward!
He was very much an inspiration in his lifetime of work, and especially the relatively short time we had him here with us, so his legacy is with us and these pages. |
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12th September 2015, 09:39 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 39
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For those in the know, what will be the fate of his unique collection? I sure hope that a museum acquires it as a whole and puts it on display.
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13th September 2015, 11:06 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Portugal
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That appears to be a distant solution, so far !
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21st November 2015, 05:27 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2015
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I've never posted here before, but the main reason I joined this forum was reading Matchlock's posts. I hope to write historical fiction set during the Italian wars, and Matchlock's posts were absolutely invaluable to me; his detailed explanations and pictures from his collections beat absolutely anything I could find on the web or in bookshops.
So sorry to hear of his passing, and sad that I never got to exchange messages with him directly. 
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6th December 2015, 02:36 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 72
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My motivation for joining this forum was Michael's educational contributions.
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11th January 2016, 03:05 PM
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(deceased)
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Portugal
Posts: 9,694
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He would be 63 years old, today.
Let not the earth be heavy on him. |
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