!["Follow us northwards", poster for SS Ski Jäger Bataillon 'Norway', designed by Harald Damsleth, 1942. [1005x1413 - 373KB]](https://files.catbox.moe/8855nj.jpg){kind=link}
An explanation I found online:
A common trick used to prevent exposed areas to get frost bite was to smear it with a sort of black fat, hence the soldier's blackened face.
An explanation I found online:
>A common trick used to prevent exposed areas to get frost bite was to smear it with a sort of black fat, hence the soldier's blackened face.
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