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English: Photo taken at the Lofoten War Memorial Museum (Norwegian: Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum) in Svolvær, Norway's largest exhibition of uniforms and smaller items related to the Second World War and the German occupation of Norway 1940 – 1945:
  • Panzer uniform, WW2 tank crew's uniform of German Wehrmacht
    • Peaked field cap (Einheitsfeldmütze model 1943), ski cap
    • Tunic
      • Lieutenant rank insignia on shoulder straps
      • Skull-and-crossbones (Totenkopf) insignia on gorget patches/collar tabs (Kragenspiegel)
      • "Breast eagel" (Brustadler)
    • Belt, holster, binoculars
    • Headset with headphones and throat microphones
etc.
  • German military searchlight
  • NSU Motorfahrrad/Motorrad, German military motorcycle/motorbike produced by the NSU Motorenwerke produced the 251 OSL motorcycle etc. during World War II
  • Mannequin in a field and service uniform of the Wehrmacht Heer, the army of Nazi Germany , used by an infantryman during World War II:
    • German type military steel helmet (Stahlhelm) used during World War II, with Wehrmachtsadler, the military version of the Nazi Germany eagle-and-swastika national emblem, on left side helmet decal
    • Field tunic (Feldbluse) with four patch pockets
      • Enlisted men's double braids (Doppellitzen) on collar patches (Kragenspiegel)
      • Privates' shoulder straps
      • The Nazi Party eagle-and-swastika (Hakenkreuzadler) emblem (Parteiadler, "party eagle"), later Germany's only National Emblem (Hoheitszeichen, Hoheitsadler), was to be worn as a Wehrmachtsadler ("armed forces eagle") on uniform blouses and headgear from 1934. On tunics this took the form of a Brustadler ("breast eagle") cloth patch about 9 cm wide worn on the right breast, above the pocket.
    • Box type belt buckle with a version of the Hoheitszeichen (Nazi Germany eagle-and-swastika national insignia) called the "Army eagle" or Heeresadler (an eagle with downswept wings clutching an unwreathed swastika) surmounted by the motto Gott mit uns ("God with us")
    • Holster for a Mauser Werke Walther P38 pistol
    • Belt and straps (Trageriemen, suspension straps) for carrying field gear (personal military equipment) and combat equipment (Kampfausrüstung):
      • Short folding shovel (entrenching tool, Schanzzeug) on left hip
      • Mess tin (Essgeschirr)
      • Canteen (water bottle) with metal cup (Feldflasche mit Aluminiumbecher)
      • Canvas breadbag (Brotbeutel)
      • Gas mask canister (Gasmaske-Büchse/Trommel/Dose/Behälter)
    • Military whistle (Signalpfeife)
    • Daimon flashlight issued by the Wehrmacht
See uniforms, ranks and insignia, and corps colours (Waffenfarben) of the German Army (1935–1945)|
etc.
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