A joyous painting. Obviously in the Netherlands. I thought the Polar bear was supposed to be 'roaring' by this time? Hinrik will tell us Ron

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It was not May 7 that the artist painted this, but several days later. That Polar Bear recce unit stood in front of the Royal Palace, more to the left; I know, I was there...
Shortly afterwards, they had to leave again, and then the Germans opened fire on the jubilant crowd, killing some 20 people; sad, sad
But starting the 9th, food arrived: meat and vegetables , Irish stew , powdered eggs , chocolate bars , powdered tea with milk powder
Fond memories....

Did they have orange balloons?...The coloured balloon wasn't invented (in America) until 1934/5....Ian

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Well this picture was painted in 1944. Ron

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I guess the Nazis weren't handing them out after 1940... ...Ian

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Well this picture was painted in 1944. Ron[/quote]
It depicts May 8 1945 or some days later; definitely Dam Square, Amsterdam. And could be painted MUCH later; orange balloons were not available at the time
(or were they French Raincoats... )

My mistake Ron

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Ron is right. The Polar bear force sign on that carrier is wrong. It is the earlier head down version only used in Iceland. The reason the 49th West Riding division changed it to head up "Roaring" style was because they wanted it to look more aggressive. But I normally call it the "Laughing bear" :)

Reg
Hinrik

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