Part Of The Process.

[S.ChrisKelly]

This is why documented groups of badges and insignia are absolutely, mind-shatteringly fascinating.

 

Below are images of German war prisoners being out-processed, somewhere in the British Zone of Occupation, 1945-1946.

 

Note:

Released war prisoners were given 40 Reichsmarks each upon "demobilization".  See the first image.

 

Source:

The Imperial War Museum, Lodon, England/U.K.

 

Two more images of German soldiers being "de-militarized" by British forces in the Netherlands, May 1945.

 

 

[Preppy Picker]

My father lived in NL during the war and remembered seeing piles of German equipment after the war. As a matter of fact he and his older brother had a large collection of German weapons. 

[S.ChrisKelly]

For "Preppy Picker," a few more images.

[S.ChrisKelly]

Berlin, 2 May 1945...  Into Soviet captivity:

[S.ChrisKelly]

The other side...  A polizeimann standing near the remnants of futile Red Army resistance in the East, 1942.

 

Source:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/195742442469?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=195742442469&targetid=1528987490616&device=m&mktype=pla&googleloc=1027271&poi=&campaignid=20394031610&mkgroupid=150251235526&rlsatarget=pla-1528987490616&abcId=9317245&merchantid=6296724&gclid=Cj0KCQjwxuCnBhDLARIsAB-cq1oOX2qDcE_Xln-Qz8jh_D-riYpGIUQd_wbL1EQSX-3VMhPCNd3VG4UaAoH4EALw_wcB

 

Some other well -known and widely circulated images, from the Imperial War Museum: