Interesting SS related volunteer uniform pictures

[NickG]

What the heck are these guys?

What the heck are these guys? Wearing LW buckles? Some kind of factory guard type unit?? or foreign Luftschutz? Kroatian?
Note NCO's fliegerbluse!
Not really SS related but thought lets throw it in this thread as it deals with foreign freiwilligen!

[Askold]

Interesting pic. They are all wearing Luft eagle which was not allowed but also I notticed (not just this photo) all Baltic kids don't usually have the rune triangle. As for the eagles, it could be that they put it on simply because it was cool or perhaps it was already pre-stiched to the uniform. While fliping through Ukrainian flakhelper memuars I came across this interesting fact - towards the last weeks of war, a group of kids stumbles upon wearhouse full of luft pilot uniforms, with eagles and tabs on them, so they all switched into those uniforms and continued to fight with them. When Germany surrendered the German instructures advised them to destroy all their documents and armbands - so they could blend with the rest of Germans or change into civilian clothing. This would perhaps explain why the foreign flakhelper items are so rare.

[Askold]

The last pic is actually very rare photo of POLISH volunteers. Few polish volunteer units were made by the Germans as an last ditch attempt to get manpower. No national shield was ever allowed to be worn but clever tab ranking system was developed. I wish we could read their cufftitles - I suspect it says somthing like "Werkshutz" on them.

[jotuntroll]

Hi
I also suspected it to be polish capeagles.
The cufftitle? germanische landdienst?

There where some polish in WH duty on costal batteries in Norway. I do not think many know this..

[Ludwig]

Very interesting photos. Show that there are still "white" (un-explored) areas in this hobby.
Most interesting is that of the Latvian doctor – if it is her uniform and not just one she is wearing for this photo (but it doesn´t look so).

[Askold]

You guys might like this photo - members of SBM (Belarus Youth Movement), which also contributed to the Flak helpers. Note the armband - instead of double cross emblem they have wolves.

[Gaspare]

Wow a really intersting shot!! Maybe its a special unit of the S.B.M.?

Can you make out what the triangle patch is?