Description
Another incredible Waffen-SS photo album available for purchase here. This album consists of 115 photos in the album to a member of the 2nd SS Panzer Division “Das Reich”, this album overall has some fantastic shots of the man during his early SS-VT days while in Allgemeine–SS Division Germania, there are photos in his black uniform as well as a private image of Adolf Hitler riding by in his famous car. Later in the album we see him serving in the Waffen-SS 2nd SS Panzer Division “Das Reich.” The photos during this period show some rare images of SS men in their drill wrappers, black wrappers, as well as the grey wrapper. During this period we see combat images from the battles in Russia with POW’s as well as knocked out Soviet armor. Some amazing images of German tanks and other armor with the Das Reich vehicle markings, and even some rare images of the Das Reich cufftitle in wear. The album also has a rare SS-TK man death card on the inside with pieces of his original EK2 ribbon. Some of the last photos also show rare photos of the camo smocks in wear!
This fantastic album has 115 images inside it, but there is also a stack of other photos (some duplicates) that also come with the album that were found with it! Several original SS photographs from the battles in Russian including the battle of Kursk!
Note – The 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich (German: 2. SS-Panzerdivision “Das Reich”) or SS Division Das Reich was an elite division of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II, formed from the regiments of the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT). The division served during the invasion of France and took part in several major battles on the Eastern Front, including in the Battle of Prokhorovka against the 5th Guards Tank Army at the Battle of Kursk. It was then transferred to the West and took part in the fighting in Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge, ending the war fighting the Soviets in Hungary and Austria. The division committed the Oradour-sur-Glane and Tulle massacres along with others on the Eastern Front.
