The broadside was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003.
Text only poster on thin offwhite paper with text printed in black ink against a white background with a red border. There are 2 blocks of identically arranged text on each side of a vertical red line, the left is in German and the right repeats the information in French. Across the center of each text block is a black and white photograph of eahc of the 2 suspects: on the left is a full length photo of a young man, Baker Henry Talboom; on the right is a photo of a young man from the chest up, Mechanic Robert Lelong.
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overall: Height: 31.625 inches (80.328 cm) | Width: 44.000 inches (111.76 cm)
Wanted poster offering a reward for the capture of those responsible for the murder of two German security police in Tournai, Belgium. It was issued by the German military commanders of France, von Stulpnagel, and Belgium and northern France, von Falkenhausen. There are photos and descriptions of the two suspects, Henry Talboom (1919-2005) and Robert Lelong (1919-1941), members of the Belgian resistance group Phalange Blanche. Less than two weeks later, Lelong shot himself rather than be captured; Talboom escaped to Switzerland. Nazi Germany conquered Belgium and France in May-June 1940 and set up occupation governments under the control of a German military administration. Allied forces liberated both regions by September 1944.
10.000 Reichsmark reward! Talboom and Lelong / 200.000 francs reward Reward poster for suspected killers of German security police