Coming from a local vet who's company would loan out its own troops to cover down as necessary for other units. He moved around to three units as far as I know.
Brought back was a pair of concentration camp shoes and jacket that was in the bottom of the u.s hero's overseas duffle bag wrapped in burlap.
I know this is a rather distasteful part of history, but it is encountered quite a bit, I cannot erase it, take it away, or sugar coat it. It is what it is.
I believe these are manufactured from rejected or old unusable discarded scraps of equipment from others I have seen online offered by dealers