Description
(Pressphoto) SS Vrijwilligers Legioen Nederland – 1st Batallion “Swearing of Oath” before leaving for the Eastfront (1941) EXTREMELY RARE!
The size of the photo is approximately 21 x 15 centimeters. This is the largest and rarest size of this photo to find.
On the back can be read:
“Den Haag, 11 october 1941. Onder groote belangstelling is heden het 1e Nederlandsch nationaal socialistisch bataljon, bestaande uit duizend W.A. Mannen, naar het Oostfront vertrokken. Tijdens de beëediging van het bataljon
[The Hague, October 11, 1941. Amid great interest, the 1st Dutch National Socialist Battalion, consisting of a thousand WA men, left for the Eastern Front today. During the swering of the oath of the battalion]
N.V. Polygoon photo, by photo-office T.A. Meyer.
This is the largest available size that was made of this photo. From my own collection. In all my collecting years i’ve only once had this photo in this size. Extremely rare and i don’t even know the words to describe how rare this original photo is.
