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Skrivelse fra Udgiveren a f „FØR OG N U “ til Hans Majestæt Kong A lbert a f Belgien.
Maj 1928 .
Y O U R R O Y A L M A J E S T Y !
As Editor, — through a g e n e r a t i o n — of the S t a n d a r d - W o r k
„ FØR OG N U " (times past and present), — the only e xi st in g „ i l l u
s t r a t e d “ W o r k in Denmark, d e s c r ib in g the h i s t o r i c a l - t o p o g r a f ical
state of „ Co pe nh ag en ", in times past and present, I was glad to
le ar n that your M a j e s t y on your re ce n t stay in C op e n h a g e n v i si t ed
C H R I S T I A N T V ’s T Ø J H U S
and was i n t e r e s t e d in the E x a m i n a t i o n of this unique „Military-
Museum", and of that part of the a b o v e - n a m e d „ St a n d a r d - W o r k " h a n d e d
to Your Majesty, d es c r i b i n g c ontents of the Museum.
L e a r n i n g f ur th e rm or e that Your M ay e st y from „ C H R I ST IA N T V ’s
TØ JH US " p r o c e e d e d to our old, w i th glory c r ow ne d
C H R I S T I A N I V ’s O R L O G S V Æ R F T
w h i c h c once rn s our M a r i ne from coming into existe nce over 300 years
ago till to day, and le ar n in g that the part of the a bo ve - n a m e d
S t a n d a r d - W o r k , d e s c r i b i n g the His to ry of this Institution, on your
visit there was not h a n d ed to Your M aj es ty I her eby take the liberty
to h an d it, addi ng a third part of the S t a n d a r d- W or k d es c ri bi n g
C H R I S T I A N IV *s S K A N D S E (redoubt)
the name later, after the death of this hig hl y praised, full of
initiative, in te ll ig e nt and e ne rg et ic king, alt er ed to
C H R I S T I A N IV *s K A S T E L .
These three parts of the S t a n d a r d - W o r k „ F Ø R OG NU" (which
c on ci st s of ten Volumes, c on ta i ni ng about 3000 pages and 6000
c o lo u r e d and u n c o l o u r e d Il lustrations, b e si de s ple nt y of old m i l i
tary maps, never p u b l i s h e d before), par tl y c o mp reh end s M e m oi r es of
m e r i t s of M i l i t a r y and Naval forces in our f at he r la n d and partly
a v ie w of its d ef en ce th rough centuries.
I beg your Royal M a je s t y to re ce iv e these three M e mo r i a l s
as a „ S ou ve ni r" from your recent stay at Copenhagen.
On b e h a l f of my fa t he r la nd and m y s e l f I hereb y most h ea rt il y
ex pr es s the deepest v e n e r a t i o n and a d m i ra t io n for the B e lg ia n
M a j e s t i s K ing A lb er t and Q ueen Elisabeth.
W it h humble r e s p e c t fu l ne s s
F. Z A C H A R I A E ,
„Paradise". Fredensborg.
O v e r s æ t t e l s e t i l D a n s k , se n æ s t e S i d e .