Leibermuster is a German military camouflage pattern first used in 1945. It was the last of a family of German World War II camouflage patterns. The pattern (named after its designers, the Leiber brothers) was issued on a very limited basis to combat units before the war ended. It consists of bold irregular areas of black printed over brown and green on a pale background.[1]
Reproduction Leibermuster uniforms made in China and Turkey, created for collectors and reenactors, have become available on the market through European vendors.[2] After the war, Leibermuster was the basis for the "Alpenflage" issued to the Swiss army until the 1990s.
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The pattern was intended to provide some degree of camouflage in the infrared.[3] It was the first pattern to be issued to both regular army (Wehrmacht) and Waffen-SS units. All known original images of the Leibermuster depict Wehrmacht soldiers stationed in former Czechoslovakia. There are no known images of Waffen-SS members wearing the Leibermuster.
^Richardson, Francis. (1945). Camouflage Fabrics both Plain and Printed for Military Use by the German SS and German Army. Reprinted in: Borsarello, J. F. (Ed.). (1990?). SS & Wehrmacht Camouflage, ISO Publications; London.
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