THE BLACK LION

Following THIS MENTION of Reichsmarschall Goering's Fallschirmjager troops and their "Battle Headquarters" at the Black Lion, Bridge Street, Hereford, some useful photographs for VBCW researchers and re-enactors:

The Black Lion, Hereford

The Black Lion's position at 31 Bridge Street made
it an ideal HQ location for the Fallschirmjager picquet guard at
Hereford's Old Bridge. It was also within easy walking distance
of the Castle Hotel - Reichsmarschall Goering's "digs" during the VBCW.

The bar of the Black Lion. In 1938, this bar would have been full of Fallschirmjager.
However, it is definitely best not to mention this to modern patrons, who themselves
maintain a discreet "veil of silence" over "the German connection" and "the Fatboy" (who he?)

A VBCW researcher/re-enactor's collection of VBCW Fallschirmjager memorabilia,
some collected from the battlefields around Herefordshire and some, reputedly,
purchased (or should that be 'liberated'?) from the basement of the Black Lion
 at the end of the VBCW.