Ski troops, 24 January 1943. The officer using the field telephone wears the mountain rifles &quot;silver pine needle cluster&quot; badge in his beret. The white snow smocks and leggings were peculiar to 25th and 26th battalion.

Mountain troops. Jan. 1943.

Brandt 60 mm mortar crow of the 1st Cavalry Division, August 1944. The was the standard platoon support weapon. The German helmets were briefly worn by a few cavalry and A/A units in mid-1944, but were quickly discarded when Romania joined the Allies in August. 

Romanian Mortar crow.1944

A platoon of paratroops providing a guard of honor at a funeral. Note the German paratroop helmets and high proportion of MP40 SMGs. 