Are they Camicie nere?
Nope, they’re not Italian, they’re from a country further north and a bit to the west, but you are quite right about their political affiliations, these guys are die-hard right wingers!
Wallonische-Infanterie Bataillon 373, commonly known as Légion Wallonie (earlier designations were Corps Franc Wallonie and Légion Belge Wallonie) was raised 8 Aug 1941 from Belgian walloon volunteers with strong support from the Rexist movement under Leon Degrelle together with a few Russians, veterans from the White forces in the Russian Civil War.
Unlike some other volunteer formations, the volunteers kept their ranks from the Belgian Army when joining the Wehrmacht.
Degrelle was refused the rank of Leutnant which he felt would suit his political status and served as Schütze but he would soon raise through the ranks.
In October the battalion was sent to the Eastern Front and on 2 November 1941 it disembarked at Dniepropetrovsk where it met up with the Italian units fighting in the east. It was attached to first 101. Leichte Infanterie-Division and later to 100. Leichte Infanterie-Division in January 1942, it was used behind the front until February 1942 when it was actions on the front against the Red Army.
In May it was briefly 68. Infanterie-Division and then to 97. Leichte Infanterie-Division where it remained until November.
It was upgraded and transferred into the Waffen-SS in June 1943 as SS-Sturmbrigade Wallonien.
The image caption I have seen is
The volunteers marching towards the train station on 8 August 1941 behind the colors with the Burgundy Cross.
(Courtesy of Die Deutsche Wochenschau/Ivan)
Well, you really can’t have a more complete answer than that, truly stellar work, Mr. Leccy!
As per custom, the field is yours.
First time I have tried this quiz, lets see how it goes.
Guy Gibson’s dog, Nigger?
Wrong side
There are clues in the type of aeroplane and unit insignia, but they’re beyond me.
I still think it could be Nigger. He gets around a bit. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2056353/Dambusters-dog-ghost-Picture-shows-long-dead-labrador-WWII-memorial.html 
The puppy stands on,. -i believe its a Bf 109 e series-,. so the dog was nigger’s enemy 
It is indeed a Bf 109 ‘Emil’. This picture was taken in a short stay they had near a famous sporting area.
now i try to shoot in the dark
most probably,. during BoB 1940,. i assume nord pas de calais
Ah, now this is interesting. The insignia on the aircraft’s nose is clearly that of 8 Staffel (8th squadron) from Jagdgeschwader 54 Grünherz (see here) and when you google search “Jg54 8 Staffel mascot” you get this nice link which not only contains this very picture, but also states that the dog’s name is Sonja.
The fact that the plane is undoubtedly an Me 109 E (most likely an E7) also makes me think that the location is somewhere in France during the Battle of Britain, because Jg54 was rearmed with Me109Gs for Barbarossa and from then on with Fw190s.
You have 8 Staffel 54 Jagdgeschwader correct, and the dog is indeed Sonja perched on the nose of an Emil. I would say that was sufficient although it was after the BoB when they spent a short time near Le Mans before heading off to the Balkans.
so,. does it mean Leccy got this one too?
No its wingsofwrath’s shout now.
I hope you’ll forgive me if I wait till tomorrow to post my enigma, but I’ve just come home from a rather looong trip (a week of sleeping in trains, assorted gymnasium floors and a 40km forced march around the Hungarian countryside in full military gear and sub zero temperatures) and I’m a bit tired. I promise I won’t delay it too much.
Some people have all the fun. Not done a winter walkies for a few years now.
Hmm… I seem to lack a suitable mystery to post, so I’m going to cede this one to Mr. Leccy.
And the winter Don Comemorative march was indeed fun, that’s why we do it every year (along with the summer mountain march in the Carpathians and the autumn march/tactical exercise in the Crimea with our Ukrainian comrades). Next year they said they’re going to double it to 4 days of marching with an average of 20km/day, because it’ll be exactly 70 years since the Don Battles of 1943.
Similar to the Nijmegen Marches and such things as the Ghurka Challenge I used to do when serving in the British forces (although those are in the warmer weather).
hey leccy you walked the marches in my hometown nijmegen ?
respect,respect !! that’s a long long way…