Two members of 3.Sturmgeschutz-Batterie, 5-LwFD, January 1943, Oberleutnant Wolfgang Bach, battery commander (left), and Hauptwachtmeister Herman Christ (right) wear the newly-issued Luftwaffe splinter camouflage smock. They both have Totenkopf insignia pinned on the collars of the Fliegerbluse and on the left collar of Bach’s camouflage smock. Oberleutnant Bach has pink piping on the collar of the flying jacket and wears a civilian sweater, a popular, if unauthorized, article of clothing on the Eastern Front.