Bardia Masterpiece Updates

After much discussion with two Libyan friends I am able to update these pages.

I asked Captain Mousa Saad if he would take new pictures for me when he next visited Bardiyah. He very kindly sent me the pictures which appear below.
These pictures show that quite a lot of deterioration has taken place, there are cracks and flaking plus some graphiti and personal artwork added.

Major General Suleiman Obeidi serves in the Libyan Army and is a historian with regard to the desert war. He is the author of a book about Field Marshall Rommel and his campaigns ( a copy of which he kindly sent me). General Suleiman has provided information that contradicts the previously accepted belief that J. Brill was a prisoner. He says (see Comments page) that the 8th Army were in Bardiyah and Brill was in the rear of the 8th Army at the time the picture was signed.

All pictures courtesy of Major Mousa Saad (Tobruq, Libya)

Old Soldiers return to Libya to remember