| 175th 
                      Military Police Battalion, early 1950s(Source: 
                      Al Bien, 175th MP Bn, 1952-53)
 Nativity set at Fliegerhorst 
                      Kaserne, Böblingen. 
                      It was made by a guy in my company, don't remember his name. He made 
                      the 7ft tall figures, using 
                      2x4's for the spine, 
                      chicken wire to form the shape 
                      and loads of 3in wide newspaper strips 
                      that were soaked in a paste made of flour and water and pasted over the 
                      wire form to shape the figures. 
                      After being shaped, dried and painted, 
                      they looked real.
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