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English: Close-up of an embroidered cloth badge with a SS style German imperial eagle clutching a wreathed swastika on the upper left sleeve (SS Hoheitszeichen, Ärmelvogel) of a uniform tunic (Waffenrock) of the Waffen-SS
  • SS style 'arm eagle' (SS Hoheitszeichen, Ärmelhoheitsabzeichen, 'national emblem for the sleeve', Ärmeladler, 'sleeve eagle', Ärmelvogel, 'sleeve bird'), a woven "eagle-and-swastika" patch on left sleeve. In March 1936, Hitler approved a new art deco national eagle (Reichsadler) with staggered wingtips for the SS, which was worn through the end of the war as a cap badge and on the sleeve.
Photo taken on March 31st, 2019 at the World War II exhibition in the Armed Forces Museum of Norway (Forsvarsmuseet) at Akershus Fortress, Oslo, Norway.
Uniform tunic and visor cap (peaked cap) belonged to a Norwegian volunteer with the rank of SS-Untersturmführer in the Waffen-SS during World War II.
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