Take this German reenactors... SS report on POWs

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SS Report on Questions of Internal Security (12 August, 1943)

From Klagenfurt, too, we hear: "Of all the prisoners of war in this district, the British are the most respected and discussed by the local population. The reason for this lies in the smart appearance of individuals, as well as the smartness of organised units of British prisoners. The British are always decently dressed, their uniforms are always in faultless condition, they are shaved, clean and well fed. Their attitude is extraordinarily self-possessed, one could almost say arrogant and overbearing. This, combined with the good impression they give of their nation, influences the German people in a way that should not be under-estimated... When they march in formation, they frequently look better than our own German replacement units. You can see that the uniform they wear is of much better material than the German uniform."

A British POWs uniform looks better than a new German soldiers uniform (well, most likely the German's uniform has been recycled from a dead landser and simply washed, repaired and handed out again... that's how 1943 Germany operated.

So tell me again how a late war unit should only have 'the best of the best?'.