VERY RARE Original German NSDAP (NAZI PARTY) Allgemeine/Waffen SS Official SS Newspaper “Das Schwarze Korps” – 1940 Certified

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VERY RARE Original German NSDAP (NAZI PARTY) Allgemeine/Waffen SS Official SS Newspaper “Das Schwarze Korps” – 1940 Certified.  First introduced on March 6TH 1935, “Das Schwarze Korps”, (The Black Corps), was the official weekly newspaper of the SS published by the Reichsführung-SS, (High Command of the SS), under direction SS-Obergruppenführer Max Amann and editor SS-Standartenführer Gunter d’Alquen. The paper was printed by the NSDAP’s, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, (National Socialist German Worker’s Party) own, “Verlag Franz Eher Nachfolger”, publishing house in Munich with the editorial office in Berlin and continued in circulation until almost the end of the war as the only uncensored newspaper in Germany. In 1940 the Waffen-SS, (Armed-SS), following the German army’s lead, fielded a SS-Kriegsberichter Kompanie, (War Correspondents Company), to record the exploits of the Waffen-SS in the field. In 1941 the war correspondents company was expanded to battalion strength and further expansion in 1943 increased the war correspondents battalion to regimental strength. The reports and photographs of the Waffen-SS war correspondents were prominently featured in Das Schwarze Korps. Of Note: In 1940 SS-Standartenführer Gunter d’Alquen took over command of the newly forming war correspondents company and the editorial direction of Das Schwarze Korps was passed to Kurt Eggers until his death in August 1943. A 33cm x 47cm newspaper dated for  1940″ that is made up of eight pages each that contain  some very minor storage wear.100% guaranteed to be authentic with Museum COA (Certificate Of Authenticity). SS items are the most superb and desirable artifacts from the Third Reich. We only get the opportunity offer these very rarely. DO NOT MISS THIS! OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE! EXTRA LONG EDITION! A small vintage tape on the cover corner