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Nordkaukasische Legion was formed 1942 and was made up of volunteers from the Caucasus region.

 

It was used to form 162. (Turkistan) Infanterie-Division 1943.


Insignia
A sleeve badge in green/red with a white crescent and seven small stars in the green field and the text "Nordkaukasien" on top was introduced. A second design was later added with three yellow horse heads joined in a circle on a blue background with the text "Bergkaukasien" on top. 

 

Sleeve badge of the second design

Photo © Paul Medhurst

 

North Caucasian soldiers, note the sleeve badge in the second design

(Courtesy of Bundesarchiv/Wikimedia, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany)

 

Sources used
David Littlejohn - Foreign Legions of the Third Reich, vol 4

 

Reference material on this unit

- None known at this time -



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