WW2 29th Inf Division - need help to determine location

[CW4AFB]

The Virginia National Guard recently received the donation of a very large number of 29th ID photos from the period June 1944 to Sept 1945 and although most have names, dates and places on the back, this one doesn't. It was taken while the 29th was serving as the Constabulary force in the Bremen Enclave---

 

Can anybody here ID the site of the photo?---those two elephants appear to be pretty distinctive and must have survived the war. The soldier to whom all the photos belonged did make it up to Denmark for R&R so I thought it might be Tivoli gardens but I doubt they would have worn their white helmets and duty belts on an R&R trip .....so any ideas?

 

Al

 

[IKEsaysGO44]

Appears to be Copenhagen, Denmark!

 

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/elephant-gate

 

 

Wonderful photos.

Andy

[everforward]

Very cool...!

[CW4AFB]

Hey Andy (Ikesaysgo44) ,

 

thanks much for the great link---Hard to believe that a group of 29ers would be photographed in front of the famous elephant gate of the Carlsberg Brewery in Copenhagen---they should have been inside making sure the beer was safe ....BTW I shared your info with the family and they were surprised, they always assumed it was a zoo....

 

and here's another lick on me for assuming they wouldn't wear their Constabulary helmets and white duty belts outside of Germany---further down in the stack of photos I found this one of the band playing a concert for 6000 people at the Tivoli gardens---and what are they wearing? you guessed it...white helmets and belts......teach me not to assume........

Al