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I'm curious about what is attached to the front wheel. The rifles and personal equipment seems right but there is no battle damage to the buildings and the streets are clean.
 
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Judging by the uniforms, this is not 1940.

To be honest I have thought the same. The type battle dresses may indicate that. But I have checked on a couple of sources more and all of the Dutch ones say " The SS Division Deutschland ( later the SS-Panzer Div. Das Reich and previously SS-Verfügungstruppe or SS-VT ) in Netherlands , Amsterdam, 1940. Here two shots more I found additionally. The first one shows the same vehicle. Additionally , also other images of the SS soldiers taken in Holand and France at that time seem to confirm wearing of the type of the battle dress in 1940.


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the pic source: Bundesarchiv.

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the pic source: Men of Wehrmacht: SS Division Deutschland in Netherlands 1940

A couple of nice shots taken in 1940 can be seen here : 6533 - Into the Cauldron - Das Reich in France 1940
 

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