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A segment in the Cold War room of the French army's tank museum.
The Musée des Blindés is the French army's armour museum, and one of the largest tank collections in the world. As at Langelandsfort in Denmark and the Patton Museum at Fort Knox, the segment is shown among the machinery of the confrontation rather than among civic symbols — a reading of the Wall as equipment.
The Foundation's entry, citing the museum, gives its route: a farewell gift from Berlin to the 11e Régiment de Chasseurs in 1994, when the French forces left the city, brought to Saumur after the French units in Germany were wound up in 1999.
How did it get here?
By the Foundation's account, given by the city of Berlin to the 11e Régiment de Chasseurs on the withdrawal of the French forces from Berlin in 1994, and brought to Saumur after the units in Germany were disbanded in 1999.
Sources
Listed by the Federal Foundation as #119 and by the Berlin Wall Archive as #371.
List of Berlin Wall segments — Wikipedia ↗
A segment displayed in the Cold War room at the Musée des Blindés.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Federal Foundation — Berlin Wall worldwide, site entry ↗
The Foundation's own entry for this listing: an original segment in the hall of Warsaw Pact vehicles, given by the city of Berlin to the 11e Régiment de Chasseurs in 1994 as thanks for forty-five years of French presence in West Berlin, when the French forces withdrew, and brought to the Saumur museum with other commemorative objects after the French units in Germany were disbanded in 1999, according to the museum's management.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17
Federal Foundation — Berlin Wall worldwide ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 119
Berlin Wall Archive ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 371
Source-reported segments: 1. This is not a separately verified count.
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