254 | John W. Warner IV German desert uniform, SS senior sergeant, help me! She stripped his right arm and looked straight into Gwafas eyes. Gebirgsjaeger, mountain troops. Edelweiss patch. Gwafa unholstered the P-38 pistol, then held up the dead mans wrist. What does this this say? Cuff band. Sondergruppe IX, Special Detachment. Never heard of it, but hes got an Ahnenerbe patch on this arm. Bloody bugger, hes the real thing, and riding with outlaws too. But why? With help from .the villagers, they carried the body to the stone houses threshold. Bea grabbed the dead mans hair and held up his head with a determined look. Bernie could just glimpse their tan-uniformed prize, then fell asleep in a haze of poppy tea relief.