The Poglavnik presents the 369th Grenadier Regiment with a flag. Minister Ivica Frković addresses the legionnaires of the 369th Regiment, "Devil's Division", after the presentation of the flag, in Mostar (Frković was also the division supervisor). On the stage behind the minister, there are (from left to right) lieutenant generals Vilko Begić and Fritz Neidholdt (division commander), and between the stage and the standard-bearer, there is Colonel Kurt Fischer (regimental commander). The regiment was given the flag "in honour of the Stalingrad heroes of the Croatian Legion", that is, of the 369th Reinforced Croatian Infantry Regiment, destroyed at Stalingrad. (Reminder: the "Devil's Division" and its first regiment inherited the number 369 from the destroyed legion.) On the reverse of the flag, there is the inscription "For the Poglavnik and the homeland" with Ante Pavelić's monogram, and on the obverse, there is the inscription "By the grace of God and a stroke of luck" (a motto incorrectly attributed to Ban Jelačić) with the Croatian coat of arms and the regimental number, over the Croatian tricolour. At the pole top, there is a devil with a trident. (Note: "By the grace of God and a stroke of luck" was actually an old Serbian and Croatian motto, which, inspired by heroic folk songs, Ban Jelačić cried out when crossing the Drava in 1848.)
Text: Ivan Ž.
Photographer: Eugen Nonnenmacher, SS Regiment "Kurt Eggers".
Date: 18 April 1944.
Location: Mostar, Yugoslavia.
Original caption: "Croatian Regiment receives its flag. In front of the lined-up regiment, a group with the newly awarded flag. Minister Frković brings greetings of the homeland and speaks of the regime's deeds."
File source: NIOD / Beeldbank WO2, 20820.
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Poglavnik poklanja zastavu 369. grenadirskom puku. Ministar Ivica Frković drži govor legionarima 369. puka "Vražje divizije" nakon predaje zastave, u Mostaru (Frković je bio i nadzornik divizije). Na bini iza ministra stoje (sleva nadesno) general-poručnici Vilko Begić i Fric Najdholt (komandant divizije), a između bine i stegonoše stoji pukovnik Kurt Fišer (komandant puka). Puk je zastavu dobio "u počast staljingradskih junaka Hrvatske legije", odnosno 369. ojačanog hrvatskog pešadijskog puka, uništenog kod Staljingrada. (Podsetnik: "Vražja divizija" i njen prvi puk nasledili su broj 369 od uništene legije.) Na naličju zastave nalazi se natpis "Za poglavnika i za dom" sa monogramom Ante Pavelića, a na licu stoji natpis "Što Bog da i sreća junačka" (geslo pogrešno pripisano banu Jelačiću) sa grbom Hrvatske i brojem puka, preko hrvatske trobojke. Na vrhu koplja nalazi se đavo s trozupcem. (Napomena: "Što Bog da i sreća junačka" zapravo je staro srpsko i hrvatsko geslo, koje je, inspirisan junačkim narodnim pesmama, ban Jelačić uzviknuo prilikom prelaska Drave 1848. godine.)
Tekst: Ivan Ž.
Fotograf: Ojgen Nonenmaher, SS-puk "Kurt Egers".
Datum: 18. april 1944.
Mesto: Mostar, Jugoslavija.
Originalni natpis: "Hrvatski puk dobija svoju zastavu. Pred postrojenim pukom, grupa sa upravo dodeljenom zastavom. Ministar Frković donosi pozdrave domovine i govori o delima režima."
Izvor fajla: NIOD / Beeldbank WO2, 20820.
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