Original description from German Propaganda unit, 1941: &quot;Oberfeldwebel (~Staff Sergeant) Nicolas Balanowski -just like many of his fellow countrymen- fights in special Cossack units against their former oppressors, the Bolsheviks. True to the Cossacks' tradition he's dressed with the Cossacks' hat.&quot; (Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1975-099-16A)

Wehrmacht Cossack

Captured fourteen year old boys who were members of the "Air Guard."

Captured Air Guard

French Wehrmacht volunteer of the &quot;Légion des volontaires français contre le bolchévisme&quot; (LVF, 638. Infanterie-Regiment) near Wjasma/Central Russia, November 1941. (Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-214-0328-28)