Monuments & Guards

[Sapper740]

CINDERS, I noticed all the artillery pieces are painted the same color which appears to be a shade of 'Battleship Grey". It's the same in Canada so I suspect that when these pieces were put in place they wanted a resilient and long lasting paint to protect them from deteriorating. I imagine there is no paint as tough what the Navy's of the world used. Similar to you, I set out to catalogue all the statues, cenotaphs and guardians in and around Vancouver, B.C. and environs. This was decades ago, pre-digital cameras and all my prints from then have vanished unfortunately so no pics. I do remember my favorite piece was an Ordnance QF 17 pdr anti-tank gun which I found in Cloverdale B.C., painted grey, of course.