Hi,
Not often I have something this historical to post, but I got this picture from the E- stand which I find very interesting.
The first Norwegian volunteers to Div. Wiking travelled to Germany in early 1941. The first two contingents (about 250 persons) where all sent to Der Fuhrer regiment and trained there (even though they had signed up for Wiking). They where given Der Fuhrer insignia, tabs, cuff titles ect. Pictures of Norweginas using the SS3 tab exist.
After the initial training period they where transferred (back) to Div. Wiking and the below picture is taken in May 1941 of Vidkun Quisling (Norwegian NS party leader) and a Norwegian officer in the area of Heuberg where Div. Wiking was set up and prepared for the upcoming battle in Russia. He is clearly seeing using the Der Fuhrer cuff title. He was assigned to the staff of Rgt. Germania in Div. Wiking. Quisling is dressed in NS Party uniform.
This is the reason we sometimes find Der Fuhrer insignia in Norway. Der Fuhrer was not a unit Norwegians, in general, served in.
This Norwegian officer was part of the early volunteers to join Wiking and he was one of the people we see being trained in Der Fuhrer. Before the war he held the rank of a Norwegian army captain. He also served in Den Norske Legion. He got EKII.
Hope you find it interesting.
Rgds
Pål
Not often I have something this historical to post, but I got this picture from the E- stand which I find very interesting.
The first Norwegian volunteers to Div. Wiking travelled to Germany in early 1941. The first two contingents (about 250 persons) where all sent to Der Fuhrer regiment and trained there (even though they had signed up for Wiking). They where given Der Fuhrer insignia, tabs, cuff titles ect. Pictures of Norweginas using the SS3 tab exist.
After the initial training period they where transferred (back) to Div. Wiking and the below picture is taken in May 1941 of Vidkun Quisling (Norwegian NS party leader) and a Norwegian officer in the area of Heuberg where Div. Wiking was set up and prepared for the upcoming battle in Russia. He is clearly seeing using the Der Fuhrer cuff title. He was assigned to the staff of Rgt. Germania in Div. Wiking. Quisling is dressed in NS Party uniform.
This is the reason we sometimes find Der Fuhrer insignia in Norway. Der Fuhrer was not a unit Norwegians, in general, served in.
This Norwegian officer was part of the early volunteers to join Wiking and he was one of the people we see being trained in Der Fuhrer. Before the war he held the rank of a Norwegian army captain. He also served in Den Norske Legion. He got EKII.
Hope you find it interesting.
Rgds
Pål
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