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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.
 
Greg Boeser said:
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Judging by the uniforms, this is not 1940.
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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.



the pic source: Bundesarchiv.


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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