NL pre 40 Soldier Pictures

[Dimas]

Nice tunics to see. All the Dutch uniforms is a rare nowadays, as all the German supplying machine has eat all the original Dutch tunics and remade them for Eastern front purposes.

[stuka f]

Nice tunics to see. All the Dutch uniforms is a rare nowadays, as all the German supplying machine has eat all the original Dutch tunics and remade them for Eastern front purposes.

Did dey!?? I didn't know that.

[mk1rceme]

Very nice pictures guy's! The Dutch military is one of my interests as well.

Here is a post-war picture of my Uncle, Sgt. Major Fritz Van Brakel who was captured during the German occupation and spent most of the war as a laborer building U-boat parts.

I think this picture was taken in one of the Dutch colonies after the war.

[reneblacky]

Here's another of my uncle in 1946

[reneblacky]

and another of a different uncle post war in Indonesia (Dutch East Indies) with his sweet heart's name on his cap my aunt Ada

[reneblacky]

And another uncle, he served in the NSKK and did his lengthy tour all the way to Stalingrad and back to end up in the service of the US army as an interpreter.
The last pic is in the Ukraine

[reneblacky]

And another uncle, he served in the NSKK and did his lengthy tour all the way to Stalingrad and back to end up in the service of the US army as an interpreter.
The last pic is in the Ukraine

With my uncle Ben - he told me quite a few stories about the eastern front, but I had my dad as a translator for me and he did a rotten job of it
when he was working for the Krauts he had a mobile dark room of some sort and took a large amount of pictures of his adventures, sadly these are all I could salvage as his kids obtained them and now are lost!!!
One time I can tell is, he surprised a whole Russian village by playing a grand piano on the back of a truck, he was a bit of a character hence him somehow got into servicing the US army later in France.

[Hal]

Hi Rene, thanks for sharing your family pictures and history; an interesting and diversified family ancestry. Best Regards, Hal

[zjopske]

Pre 1940 Dutch uniforms are more expensive than most German uniforms.
Even in the Netherlands the Dutch hard to find pre 1940 photos.

Here a few of my pre 1940 photo collection:

Vickers M18


Artillerie


Officier

[reneblacky]

Pre 1940 Dutch uniforms are more expensive than most German uniforms.
Even in the Netherlands the Dutch hard to find pre 1940 photos.

Here a few of my pre 1940 photo collection:

Vickers M18


Artillerie


Officier

Great contribution zjopske Thanks Mate

Here's two more I have just located