description
Object description
whole: the image occupies the majority. The title is integrated and located in the upper quarter, in red. The text is
partially integrated and placed in the lower third, in red and in black, set against a white background.
image: a half-length depiction of a smiling man dressed in the uniform of the 'Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps'. He raises his right
hand to gesture at a car positioned behind him, and holds a signal for directing traffic in his left hand.
text: WIELAND G 251
TOI AUSSI
tu es des nôtres
engages-toi à
NSKK-
Gruppe Luftwaffe
Pour tous renseignements s'addresser:
Bruxelles, Grand' place, 36 . Liége, Place Saint-Lambert, 2 . Charleroi, rue de Turenne, 35
Namur, rue Félix Wodon, 22 . Tournai, Grand' place, Hôtel du Carillon . Hornu, rue de Mons, 39
O. PLATTEAU und Co. VLEMINCKVELD, 5, ANTWERPEN.
[You too – you're one of us. Enrol in the NSKK (National Socialist Motorised Vehicle Corps) Luftwaffe Group. For all information apply to:
Brussels, Grand' Place, 36 . Liège, Place Saint-Lambert, 2 . Charleroi, rue de Turenne, 35. Namur, rue Félix Wodon, 22 . Tournai, Grand'
Place, Hôtel du Carillon. Hornu, rue de Mons, 39O. Platteau and Co. Vleminckveld, 5, Antwerp.]
Physical description
A Flemish language version was also produced (see PST 5220).
Label
Recruiting poster for NSKK [the National-Socialist Motor Corps]. A paramilitary formation, it oversaw the preliminary
training of recruits for the German Army's motorised and armoured units.
'Gruppe Luftwaffe' was formed in Brussels in January 1942 and comprised volunteers from Holland, Flanders and Wallonie.
History note
Gift totals 48 posters relating to the German occupation of the Lowlands, WW2. The material was collected by
donors late husband, who was a chaplain in the forces during WW2.
