tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5297549309133124511.post5279954311781095671..comments2024-02-22T09:23:37.603+01:00Comments on Lars Gyllenhaal: Norwegian SS Fantasy UniformLars Gyllenhaalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17851097994709218280noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5297549309133124511.post-61662815835852405902010-12-02T22:19:49.965+01:002010-12-02T22:19:49.965+01:00Many thanks, Tor-Helge,
How many of these posters ...Many thanks, Tor-Helge,<br />How many of these posters are still around do you think?<br />Cheers,<br />LarsLars Gyllenhaalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17851097994709218280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5297549309133124511.post-73102564884663953072010-11-17T18:25:07.275+01:002010-11-17T18:25:07.275+01:00This is a recruitment poster for a unit that never...This is a recruitment poster for a unit that never came to be: Den Norske Legions Skiløperbataljon.<br />The unit must not be confused with the later SS-Skijegerbataljon Norge.<br /><br />DNL was promised by the Germans that they were to be set up as a Norwegian unit that would be helping Finnish brothers in their fight against Soviet Union, and the DNL was supposed to enlist 2 battallions strength, one a Skiløper-bataljon.<br />Now that never came to be, they were not recruiting enough people and their battallion-size unit was transferred to Germany and set up under German W-SS command and sent to the Leningrad front....<br /><br />However DNL did use the Norwegian flag on the arm of their SS uniforms, and instead of the SS-runes they wore a Norwegian lion.Tor-Helge Ynoreply@blogger.com