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English: "Handbook on German Military Forces" (US War Dep 1945): Plate XIX – Armed Elite Guard (Waffen-SS) uniforms: Service dress, officers and NCO; Overcoats, EM and generals; Camouflage suit; Winter uniform.

Uniform plate from "TM-E 30-451 "Handbook on German Military Forces TM-E 30-451, a technical manual published by the U.S. War Department 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.

The illustrations show military uniforms etc. of Nazi Germany during the Second World War, i. e. for the Wehrmacht branches Heer (German Army), Kriegsmarine (German Navy), and Luftwaffe (German Air Force) as well as the Waffen-SS (Armed Elite Guard). This U.S. Government produced material was originally restricted but later declassified. The document is now in the Public Domain and can be shared under a Creative Commons license.

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Legal disclaimer This image shows (or resembles) a symbol that was used by the National Socialist (NSDAP/Nazi) government of Germany or an organization closely associated to it, or another party which has been banned by the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. The use of insignia of organizations that have been banned in Germany (like the Nazi swastika or the arrow cross) may also be illegal in Austria, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, France, Brazil, Israel, Ukraine, Russia and other countries, depending on context. In Germany, the applicable law is paragraph 86a of the criminal code (StGB), in Poland – Art. 256 of the criminal code (Dz.U. 1997 nr 88 poz. 553).