THE WAR AND PEACE SHOW 2002

The Bart Vanderveen Challenge Shield
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"To be awarded annually to the individual, chosen by nominations, who has contributed most to the military vehicle preservation movement."

Inaugurated and sponsored by After the Battle, publishers of Wheels & Tracks magazine which was founded by Bart Vanderveen in 1982 and edited by him until the 75th issue published in April 2001.
Bart Vanderveen’s association with military vehicles, their origins, history, preservation and restoration is legendary. He restored his first MV in 1959 having produced his first book the previous year, since when he has authored numerous titles on the subject.
For the last 18 years he has compiled and edited Wheels & Tracks, attaining a reputation around the world for detail and accuracy. It is with this background, reaching back over half a century, that the award is given in its inaugural year to the man whose name it bears.

The trophy was presented to Bart himself, posthumously, and accepted on his behalf by Dirk Leegwater, an old friend, at the 2001 show.

We are now taking nominations for the 2002 Bart Vanderveen Challenge Shield Award, to be presented at the War and Peace Show, which is the world’s largest gathering of privately owned military vehicles, held annually at The Hop Farm near Paddock Wood in Kent, in July.

Nomination forms for 2002 are available for printing off on this website, or by post from :

Editor-in-Chief, After the Battle, Church House, Church Street, London E15 3JA.

Nomination forms to be returnedby post to the Editor-in-Chief, or faxed to (020) 8555 7567. E-mail responses also valid providing full postal addresses are supplied. Send to: [email protected]

 
The War and Peace Show 2002