Hi John,

In response to your absolutely valid point on recon units in regiments and so on - I understand that the regulations were that the piping worn by these elements should have been the white of the panzer grenadiers (they were integral companies and platoons in PG regiments). That however would have made things too bloody easy for collectors - and from what I can see, many officers and senior NCOs wore what ever they wanted, often retaining the insignia of units from which they had been posted.

Mike