"Handbook on German Military Forces" (US War Dep 1945): <b>Plate XXIII – German WW2 decorations and awards:</b> Tank Destruction, Wound, Infantry, Tank, and General Assault, and Close Combat badges; Guerilla Warfare Medal; East Medal; Narvik, Cholm, Crimea, and Demjansk Shields; German-Italian medal; Army Antiaircraft, and Motor Vehicle Driver's badges.<br><br>Uniform plate from "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/TME-30-4511945/page/n1">TM-E 30-451 "Handbook on German Military Forces TM-E 30-451</a>, a technical manual published by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_War" class="extiw" title="en:United States Department of War">U.S. War Department</a> on 15 March 1945 in a loose-leaf format to facilitate revision. The purpose of the handbook was to give officers and enlisted men of the U.S. Army a better understanding of their principal enemy in Europe, and the material was based on information available up to 15 February 1945.<br><br>The illustrations show <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehrmacht" class="extiw" title="en:Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a></i> uniforms etc. of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" class="extiw" title="en:Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> during the Second World War, i. e. for the men in the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_Heer_(1935%E2%80%931945)" class="extiw" title="en:Uniforms of the Heer (1935–1945)">Heer</a></i> (German Army), the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniforms_and_insignia_of_the_Kriegsmarine" class="extiw" title="en:Uniforms and insignia of the Kriegsmarine">Kriegsmarine</a></i> (German Navy), and the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_Luftwaffe_(1935%E2%80%931945)" class="extiw" title="en:Uniforms of the Luftwaffe (1935–1945)">Luftwaffe</a></i> (German Air Force), as well as uniforms of the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffen-SS" class="extiw" title="en:Waffen-SS">Waffen-SS</a></i> (Armed Elite Guard). The U.S. Government produced material was originally restricted but later declassified. The document is now in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_status_of_works_by_the_federal_government_of_the_United_States" class="extiw" title="en:Copyright status of works by the federal government of the United States">Public Domain</a> and can be shared under the Creative Commons license.
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