SS-Hauptsturmführer der Reserve Léon Degrelle (right, Kommandeur 5. SS-Freiwilligen-Sturmbrigade "Wallonien") discussing during his visit to the Truppenübungsplatz Beverloo - actually called Leopoldsburg - in Belgium, spring 1944. Military Training Area Beverloo was the assembly and training area for the 12. SS-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend" (SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25 and SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25). The picture was taken after the return of the Walloon volunteers to Belgium after the Korsun (a.k.a. "Tscherkassy-Kessel") encirclement. Degrelle dispalys proudly his Ritterkreuz which he received on 20 February 1944. Degrelle then used the armored vehicles and drivers belonging to the 12. SS-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend" to hold his parades at Brussels and Charleroi, so the vehicles were on a temporary "loan" and returned to the Truppenübungsplatz Beverloo after the parades (beginning of 1 April 1944). The officer in the background is unidentified, but probably SS-Sturmbannführer Rolf Kolitz (Kommandeur SS-Panzer-Nachschubtruppen 12).
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