Our first find stands out because it's made of concrete and features a triangle on a rectangular canvas. In the early days such signs were prevalent in France and that's perhaps why the style can also be found in Vietnam — I've told you before that roadsigns reflect a country's history.

I have no explanation for the military pose, however. The same drawing is found in Indonesia, but certainly never in France.

It appears that some countries (e.g. Uganda) are consi­dering reverting to concrete roadsigns because the metallic signs are too attractive to thieves.