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Ausrtlstungslager (Equipment Depot) from the OT Ausrttstungsstelle(Equipment Headquarters) which is part of Ant Bau-OTZ in BERLIN.On discharge from the OT, OT memb'ers return their clothes andequipment to an Entlassangglager (Discharge Camp), This procedureapplies equally to OT officers, NCO f s, workers, and employees offirms on contract to OT. If, In case of discharge, the civilianclothes of an OT man are not inmediately available, he receives aMarschanzug (travelling suit) which is then turned in when hereaches home*OT members up to and including the rank of Truppftthrer(equivalentto Sergeant) receive their entire clothing and equipmentfree of charge. Nor are they charged for repairs. TruppfOhrerto HaupttruppfBhrer (Sergeant to Sergeant Major) and officercandidates receive their uniform free of charge and an allowanceof HM 150 - for the purchase of underwear, shoes, socks and so forth*Officers, on the other hand, receive an outright allowance of EM50Q for the purchase of a uniform and other items of clothing*All clothing and equipment, whether issued or sold by the OT, isrecorded in the OT member *s Pay and Identity Book*Regulations further state that the uniform must be worn atall times, on and off duty and on leave. Only in cases of specialassignments such as counter-intelligence, can an OT member wearcivilian clothes, and then only with the permission of the OBLor higher echelon, for the duration of his specific mission*On the construction site, German OT members generally weareither an old uniform or an Arbeitskloft (fatigues or overalls).Foreigners more often than not, simply wear tteir own clothes,with an armband in the nature of an insignia of distinguishingmark (see Table V)* Insofar as they are permitted to wear anyuniform at all they must buy all items of clothing and equipment*In this respect of course collaborationist elements fare best of all.The lower the status of the worker, the less care he receives, andZwangsarbeiter (Forced Labourers), once their own clothes wear out,generally are compelled to employ what may be picturesquelydescribed as makeshift methods*In case a member of a firm is on liaison duty between thehome office of his firm in the Reich and his OT Construction Site,he is allowed to wear an OT uniform with a rank commensurate withthe importance of his mission*Active Army officers on attached duty with OT may wear Armyuniform. Reserve officers now in the OT must wear OT uniform.A small proportion of the women in OTwsar a uniform. Most ofthem simply wear an OT brassard over their civilian clothes.Nachrichtenm&del (Signal communications girls) wear blue uniformsto distinguish them from other female employees*All OT Frontarbeiter (Front Zone workers) wearing the SwastikaBrassard, salute with the Hitlergruss or German Nazi Salute.Foreigners of Einsatzarbeiter status (see Table I, No. 15) may usethe salute of their own country. They must, however, salute allofficers and NCO f s in the OT, the Wehrmacht and the Nazi Party*Offioers in cars with mounted flags are also saluted.Itor uniforms worn "by the Transportkorps SPKER personnel,see IIH)7O-71»134. Insignia (see Tables IV and V, and Chart 10)In the OT as in the Wehrmacht, the uniforms for both officersand enlisted men (other ranks) are of the same cut and colour, the•n*