File talk:115th Battalion of Ukrainian Shuma 1943.jpg

 

Schuma?

The persons in the picture are dressed in German police uniforms, not Schuma uniforms. I believe they are members of a Ukraine Polizei-Schützen-Bataillon. These were not organized until the spring of 1943, but the source [1] does not have any dates, although it claims that these are Schuma. Creuzbourg (留言) 17:24, 29 November 2014 (UTC)

• Maybe this could help. It's a quote from the article where the image is used. Poeticbent talk 05:31, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

The actual Security Battalions (or Schumas, German: Schutzmannschaft Bataillone) comprised only one-third of the overall strength of the formation. As a matter of course, the static police wore black uniforms from the pre-war German stock which was no longer used and kept in storage. The black uniforms of the former Allgemeine-SS including their characteristic field caps were simply stripped of German insignia and given to Schutzmannschaft to use with the new patches. Gradually, the mobile units were issued field-grey uniforms (picured).