WWII German propaganda poster Hungarian elite Army Heer recruiting US Vet estate

  

WW1 German Prussia 1914 Iron Cross Order Crown medal Imperial badge WWII Knight. A fantastic poster that is a nice display size. This one measures roughly 39-3/4" long and around 28-5/8" wide. As you know, the fighting towards the end of the war against the Soviets was absolutely brutal and even went down into the sewers of Budapest. A loose translation of this poster is essentially saying "I fight at the front so you must keep production up at home" and depicts a soldier holding an MG34 over his shoulder.

It should be noted that there is a small tear on the poster which has some tape over it and can be seen in the photos. Excellent and correct bleed through on the reverse. Printed by Alliance of Eastern Front Veterans, 1944.

The Alliance of Eastern Front Veterans (KABSZ), was a paramilitary organization in Hungary that was used as stormtroopers under the command of Prime Minister Bela Imredy. Later in 1944, the KABSZ joined the Arrow Cross party, a party modeled after the Germans.

The organization was preparing for a coup of Prime Minister Imredy but that was circumvented. Eventually, members of the organization joined the Hungarian elite Division and formed an official body, the Kampfgruppe Ney, under the direction of Dr. They were attached to the IV. Panzerkorps and used to support the Konrad operations in January 1945. The group participated in some military operations but this was only approved by the Germans.

The leader of the Arrow Cross Party, Ferenc Szalasi declared the group illegal in February 1945 and this pushed the group to be even more cruel in their acts. In March 1945, the group captured eight Allied parachutists. Three soldiers were given to the Germans, and the remaining five were taken to the woods with Hungarian civilians, stripped of their clothes, deemed spies, and executed by machine gun fire. The group was officially terminated on March 17th, 1945 and they surrendered to the Americans in May 1945. Ney and five members of the group were tried as war criminals in Salzberg, Austria for the murder of the Allied fliers and were eventually sentenced to death in June 1946. This sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in September 1945.

Freeing under an amnesty, Ney later worked as an American agent, organizing clandestine arsenals and sabotage groups in the CIC training center in Lambach, Austria. I never grade my items as mint, even though may be. If for any reason you require additional photos, please do not hesitate to ask.

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