A Waffen-SS motorcyclist of the 27. SS-Freiwilligen Grenadier Division “Langemarck” cleans his motorcycle at the front in 1942.
The name on the sidecar reads: “Breydel” - a Flemish hero of the medieval battle against the French in 1302. Breydel, a butcher from Bruges, headed the Flemish peasants (foot-soldiers) against the French-speaking cavalry. As a lot of noble knights died during this conflict, the battle is called “the Batlle of the Silver Spurs”.