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Title: Member of Nedić's Serbian State Guard combing the terrain in Serbia in 1941.

What it should say: Members of the Police loyal to Milan Nedić combing the terrain in Serbia, sometime in 1941. (The members of the Police joined the Serbian State Guard in March 1942). Image
[Side note: the writing on the photo points out a "Gestapovac" aka a member or informant for the Gestapo.]

Inventory number 10940.

Courtesy of Museum of Yugoslavia.
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