The symbol of the Ukrainian SS.

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The unit is made up of Ukrainian volunteers, so the badge follows the lion's body symbol of Romanov dynasty in the old Russian empire. ? During the Soviet Patriotic War, 5.24 million Soviet soldiers were captured by the Germans. Thousands of soldiers joined the German army and became "volunteers" to avoid prison and become civilians to avoid dying of famine. They are regarded as German soldiers, but they are generally used in the rear forces and have no right to carry weapons according to regulations. Soon, many "volunteers" were gradually used as sentries and guards and began to use light weapons. By the end of 194 1, there were about 200,000 volunteers, including Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Latvians and Tatars. According to some estimates, by the spring of 1943, the number of these "volunteers" exceeded 1 ten thousand.