Het originele Britse bijschrift luidt: 'Germans surrender to Field Marshal Montgomery.

Het originele Britse bijschrift luidt: 'Germans surrender to Field Marshal Montgomery. Picture taken on May 3rd, when German Officers presenting Admiral Doenitz and Field Marshal Keitel came to the Headquarters of the British 2nd Army and the 21st Army Group to ask Field Marshal Montgomery for surrender terms. The German delegates were General Admiral Von Friedeburg, C. in C. of the German Navy, Marshal Rusch, Kontur Admiral Wagner, Naval Liaison, and an S.S. Staff Officer. The actual surrender of the German forces in northern Germany, Holland, Denmark took place in the afternoon of March 4th. This discussion here took place under the Union Jack.'