European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1966, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Ray him fein Bureau pedestrians Psi us m peer through the Boll la i Atiim leaded Glass window of the half timbered House ill 30 Jince Stresse in it slur Aln out in us Portem surround Infix ii Kun i Vinci air plane Model on a spaceship they look in the window but they actually see inc Trena Urc the if Fol it too the treasure la a collection of ancient Armor lovingly tended by Albert Schmo her who Calls himself Germany last Wafic Schmied the Vin entwined resembling an illustration from Hansel and is Only a couple of Block from Stuttgart modernistic Uede Halle and on the fringe of he cites buy hop Ping soon it will become a victim of Prog by april or the City will raze the building to make Way for a Block of Slick new shops and apart probably romanticist it to shed tears Over the passing of the picturesque Schmider himself looks Forward 10 displaying his Armor in Good regulated hot and cold running a living room which will be a showcase for his line paintings and Objet and Good Lex it by which id read his the As Skull garters Call Schmo Der looks ancient but is really Only ii years world War n bombs destroyed the family Home built in 1s04 end with the help of built hit present House in 1 copied the style of our old Home As much As Schmider but this one lit much Al he old House wus without so Schulder did not wire his the old House Drew water from a Spring a Corby Schmider piped in City which bubbles into a deep catch Nln mounted on the we moved everything to the Black Forest for safekeeping during the Schmo Der when the bombs fell there want much in the House but d a table and the House is Small and you enter from the it reel into a Pew Ter pot and plate lined room so narrow 11 Brawny Man might push out the with a big the dim main room is filled with suits of Iron antique tables and a Reading writing shelves of books and a red velvet Hung bed and bludgeons hang under the lying across Wood still another room contains ind the residue of fam ily treasures accumulated Over four an attic with More is reached by a sturdy ladder pulled to you know this a a Home As Well As museum and work shop because a mans Felt hat rests rail shy atop Pewter Ewers on a Corner shelf and sausages Hong from the Selling in the the bespectacled Schulder claims to be us lust at the armorer because no one wants to work at the profession any everything Schnelll Young people today want to do everything in a i worked 11 Bours a Day for tour months to re store that Money he pointing to a wrought Iron Chest secured Waltg heavy Chain and a lady travelling from Stuttgart to Heidelberg would put her Money and jewels in a Box like then it would be set into the floor of her coach where she could keep her feel on Schmo Der Schmo Der is de rusting an other Chest apparently made of Broad traps of he works at that our de his shop where he can Chat with Friend ii White he scrapes and he has a dozen or so clients for whom he restores weapons or Armor private not Hornet Hod ornate he works close to a lineup of hollowed Stone once used for feeding but now cleaned no and sold for Bird Baths or Bushes betide the House hide ancient Stone old Odds and of Marble and Granite and Schmider keeps his Armor Well oiled and polished and can rattle off the prob Able years during which each Type re is a student of european tory and one of his oldest a veal of Chain mall hanging on the looks at first glance Lite a piece of tired Gray it is Only when you touch it you realize it is made of of Little wrought Ron Schmider values one Heinel at around a firs class Armor would be on today a tout bedroom Moden the armorer hit entire collection of a furniture and other Antiques he estimates is Worth a million of carbs the monetary value Means because none of this is for Schmider parts with por Iron and Stone but Bis Armor collection is lust that a col when the romanticist have stopped the passing of a they will possibly Era Oil the More the Opportunity to ready see Srb raiders Armor and artefacts property displayed und i Sheds no tears Al this stage of the Poloi by Joe Wisley the stars and strikes