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German POW had patches on their uniforms WHY.

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    Posted by WonderingPhilb (U1759482) on Friday, 5th August 2005

    German Prisoners of War in UK had patches sewn into the knee and back of their uniforms, to make them instantly recognisable as POW, also to make
    it impossible to convert the garnments into Escape Clothing. Some of these patches were round, some square and were often in a variety of colours. I need to know the significance of Round as opposed to Square, and also the significance of the different colours.
    HELP PLEASE!

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    Posted by Dirk Marinus (U1648073) on Friday, 5th August 2005

    Phil,


    A white patch meant that the POW had no particular loyality and therefore not a Nazi.


    A grey patch indicated that although the POW was not an ardent Nazi ha did have some loyality to the German Army and what it stood for .


    The hard core i.e THe Waffen SS and some of submarine crews wore a black patch.


    But to get more information why don't you go to search engine Google and type in: German POW's in Britain.

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