A flemish (dutch-speaking belgian) volunteer of the waffen-ss just before an attack in russia. he is dressed with an early-war planetree-pattern jacket und helmet cover. waffen-ss troops were the first units to wear camouflage uniforms worldwide from 1937 on. they were smiled at firstly. today every modern army of the world uses camouflage-uniforms.

Flemish Volunteer

Leon Degrelle, then SS-Sturmbannfuhrer, reviews a parade in honour of the service of Walloon volunteers on the Eastern Front, Brussels, 1944.  He clearly did not believe in the old advice against working with animals and children ... JR.