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WAFFEN-SS PHOTO GROUPING – SS-Totenkopf-Standarte 5 “Dietrich Eckhart”
Nice grouping of original wartime photos of a member of the
SS-Totenkopf-Standarte 5 Dietrich Eckhart. Totenkopf uniform and vehicle insignias, SS Kaserne sign for SS-Totenkopf-Standarte 5 Dietrich Eckhart, formation, marching, officers, good uniform detail, SS barracks and SS flags, weapons training, more. All good sharp images.
$425
The SS-Totenkopf-Standarte 5 Dietrich Eckhart was formed in Oranienburg in September 1939 around a cadre from SS-Totenkopf-Standarte 2 Brandenburg. It was the last Totenkopf-Standarte to be formed before the war.
It was transferred to Linz, where parts of it was used to form SS-Totenkopf-Standarte 13, and later to Stettin. It was redesignated SS-Infanterie-Regiment 5 Feb 1941 and attached to 2. SS-Infanterie Brigade.
