What did the DDR Forestry Service actually do apart from looking after the forests? Surely they must have had a secondary role to warrant such a paramilitary set of uniforms! Were they perhaps also involved in border duties or searching the forests for those attempting to escape to the West?
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East German Forestry Service Uniforms
in Germany: Post 1945: Bundesrepublik & DDR
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Gentlemen
What did the DDR Forestry Service actually do apart from looking after the forests? Surely they must have had a secondary role to warrant such a paramilitary set of uniforms! Were they perhaps also involved in border duties or searching the forests for those attempting to escape to the West?
Regards
Phil L