English: German Army (Wehrmacht Heer). Tropical uniforms. Officer and men. Worn in the Mediterranean region, particulatly in Greece and Crete. Evolved for suitability to arid regions, it may appear in the Crimea during summer, and also in desert wastes like the Terek and Kalmuch steppes.;First segeant (
Hauptwachtmeister), Artillery; Tropical pith helmet; Tropical field cap; Visored field cap; National colors and Wehrmacht eagle; Modern steel helmet (
Stahlhelm); Chevron, shoulder strap, lozenge/pip (
Stern), collar patch; Private, shorts, canvas boots. June 1943.
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"JAN #1 a joint Army and Navy publication UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA prepared by the Military Intelligence Service and the Division of Naval Intelligence", a recognition manual released by the
US War Departement during World War II for field use by the American fighting forces.
This cumulative military manual was a "Joint Army-Navy" ("JAN") publication illustrating uniforms and insignia of the navies, armies and air forces of
Japan,
Nazi Germany (
Heer/German Army,
Kriegsmarine/German Navy,
Luftwaffe/German Air Force,
Waffen-SS/German Armed Elite Guard),
Facist Italy, occupied
France and
the Netherlands (parts of their navies were based in Western Allied countries), neutral
Facist Spain and
Portugal, and Allied
Turkey. The collection of plates was published as a US Government unclassified public document 1943-44, in the format of a pocket-sized loose-leaf string-tied binder allowing for additional pages and corrections. Today it is in the public domain without any known copyright restrictions.