patches Posted August 20, 2017 Share #1 Posted August 20, 2017 I know there's a topic that shows Germans wearing U.S. Para Camo they came across and fashioned as helmet covers, but haven't seen one where captured nets are worn. These being the British types that where worn by U.S. troops in WWII. If you got or find any photos by all means add them here. First up German Paratroopers in France with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted August 20, 2017 Share #2 Posted August 20, 2017 Good thread idea. There is a great German officer pic out there of the guy wearing a net over his officers cap. owen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted August 20, 2017 Share #3 Posted August 20, 2017 US parachute silk Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted August 20, 2017 Share #4 Posted August 20, 2017 The same Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted August 20, 2017 Share #5 Posted August 20, 2017 Net scarf from British para Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted August 20, 2017 Share #6 Posted August 20, 2017 The final insult removing Cammo cover and using it over cap but smart also removing arm eagle Owen Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share #7 Posted August 20, 2017 Thanks Owen, but as a reminder, those Para Camo one's have already been posted in another topic, and or with new additions would be added to that topic. Nets are the ones here. I think I got one more in a book where a Allied net is worn by a Heine, got to go look and scan it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share #8 Posted August 20, 2017 The final insult removing Cammo cover and using it over cap but smart also removing arm eagle Owen Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk That's an interesting one, scrim and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted August 20, 2017 Share #9 Posted August 20, 2017 Did American troops ever use pieces of German parachute as helmet covers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap Camouflage Pattern I Posted August 20, 2017 Share #10 Posted August 20, 2017 Did American troops ever use pieces of German parachute as helmet covers? http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/196154-wwii-us-soldiers-using-captured-german-parachute-as-helmet-cover/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntssurplus Posted August 20, 2017 Share #11 Posted August 20, 2017 Wow interesting. I didn't realize this happened. I guess I thought the Germans wouldn't want to fumble with a dead body in order to get it. Hunt Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtdorango Posted August 20, 2017 Share #12 Posted August 20, 2017 Man thats a really cool photo of the officer cap with netting....mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 20, 2017 Author Share #13 Posted August 20, 2017 Here's the one from the book, a Medic wearing one during the Battle of Saint Malo August 44. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share #14 Posted August 21, 2017 Wow interesting. I didn't realize this happened. I guess I thought the Germans wouldn't want to fumble with a dead body in order to get it. Hunt Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Need not necessarily come from a helmet of a dead GI Hunt. Germans captured a lot of our guys in Africa/Sicily/Italy and on the reopened Western Front from start to finish. Here are a bunch from the 29th Div in Normandy (note that that net worn by the German Paratrooper with his back to the camera is not a allied net but a small mesh chicken wire cover). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share #15 Posted January 8, 2018 This one I seen is described as a member of the 9. SS Panzer Division around Oosterbeek/Arnheim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share #16 Posted November 13, 2018 Found another, here caption states soldiers of the 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg, on the Eastern Front, probaly late April of 1945, the one dead center has a British net on. This unit had served for many months on the Western Front, Normandy, Operation Market Garden, and The Alsace, so guessing these, Bfritish worn or American worn, were taken by a few SS Men and worn even after the Frundsberg leaves for the east, first Pomerania, then the Berlin area, and finally Saxony. Indeed the Frundsberg brought a few captured M4 Tanks along with them too to the east, these apparently being from the destroyed 43rd Tank Battalion of the 12th Armored Division at the Battle of Herrlisheim in mid January 1945 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken88 Posted November 13, 2018 Share #17 Posted November 13, 2018 Found another, here caption states soldiers of the 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg, on the Eastern Front, probaly late April of 1945, the one dead center has a British net on. This unit had served for many months on the Western Front, Normandy, Operation Market Garden, and The Alsace, so guessing these, Bfritish worn or American worn, were taken by a few SS Men and worn even after the Frundsberg leaves for the east, first Pomerania, then the Berlin area, and finally Saxony. Indeed the Frundsberg brought a few captured M4 Tanks along with them too to the east, these apparently being from the destroyed 43rd Tank Battalion of the 12th Armored Division at the Battle of Herrlisheim in mid January 1945 These are in fact Belgian SS volunteers. Sitting at right is Léon Degrelle, well-known here in Belgium for his wartime leadership in the right-wing party Rex. Therefore I assume these are not Frundsberg Division soldiers but men of the 28. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division Wallonien. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share #18 Posted November 13, 2018 These are in fact Belgian SS volunteers. Sitting at right is Léon Degrelle, well-known here in Belgium for his wartime leadership in the right-wing party Rex. Therefore I assume these are not Frundsberg Division soldiers but men of the 28. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division Wallonien. Yeah your right Ken thanks for the point out, I was thinking the officer looked mighty familiar at first, captioned stated 10th SS Pz Div. Found another image, this one correctly states the SS Sturmbrigade Wallonien and that it was taken in Estonia, probably then in June 1944. The net, sure still looks like an Allied one, I even zoomed in on it to double check, maybe it was a small mesh wire net, but seems like it's string, and doesn't seem to be one of those Wehrmacht types as those were wide squares, and rather billowy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share #19 Posted May 19, 2019 Here we see a Paratrooper of the 4th Parachute Division in Italy wearing one, sometime in 1944, the soldier with his back to the camera is of course an Fascist Italian Paratrooper of the Nembo Division, Nembo was essentially a part 4th Parachute Division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share #20 Posted March 14, 2021 A Two Tone British Para Scarf being worn a helmet net is it not? Mesh is a bit small for one of those Two Tone British specific made helmet nets no? Photo taken in Der Normandie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share #21 Posted March 28, 2022 Seen another one, he apparently is a member of the 22nd Air Landing Division during the Battle of Leros in November 1944, the Greek Island, scene of that major debacle for the British in November 1943., an action so bad that sees the Commander of the 2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers Lieutenant Colonel Maurice French Killed in Action, Two British Generals captured and on and on. Not sure where he acquired the net, as this division was in the USSR before being transferred to Crete, it's possible he got it during the battle off a dead or captured and or a captured wounded British Soldier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share #22 Posted March 28, 2022 25 minutes ago, patches said: Seen another one, he apparently is a member of the 22nd Air Landing Division during the Battle of Leros in November 1944, the Greek Island, scene of that major debacle for the British in November 1943., an action so bad that sees the Commander of the 2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers Lieutenant Colonel Maurice French Killed in Action, Two British Generals captured and on and on. Not sure where he acquired the net, as this division was in the USSR before being transferred to Crete, it's possible he got it during the battle off a dead or captured and or a captured wounded British Soldier. That will be November 1943 the battle is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share #23 Posted June 22, 2022 West Front 1944, Allied Net on the Helmet as we see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 1, 2022 Author Share #24 Posted July 1, 2022 A Parachute Officer in Italy wearing a wide mesh Allied Net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share #25 Posted July 9, 2022 Another Parachute Officer in Italy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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