 The soldiers of the "Battaglione Azad Hindoustan" wore standard Italian military uniforms.However – unlike the troops of the German-raised "Legion Freies Indien", who had peaked field caps – all the troops of the "Battaglione Azad Hindoustan" wore a turban of the colour of the Italian "Sahariana" tunic.Additionally, the troops wore on their tunics collar patches with three vertical stripes in the saffron, white and green (reflecting the colours of the Indian National Congress that was at the time the focus of the nationalist movement).