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English: Detail of Schutzstaffel uniform of the Third Reich (Nazi Germany):
  • High-fronted peaked visor cap (Schirmmütze) of the SS (Schutzstaffel).
    • SS style silver Hoheitszeichen/Hoheitsadler, SS' version of the Nazi Germany imperial eagle, the German national emblem featuring an art deco Reichsadler with expanded wings clutching a swastika inside a circular oak wreath
    • SS' silver skull and crossbones/death's head (Totenkopf) cap insignia, adopted from the Totenkopfhusaren, the 5th Hussar/Life-Guard Cavalry Regiment of Prussia
    • Officer's chin strap cord in silver
    • Piping around the cap crown and cap band in corps colour (Waffenfarbe)
From the exhibitions at the Norwegian Armed Forces Museum (Forsvarsmuseet) in Oslo, Norway. Photo taken on March 31st, 2019
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Uniform tunic and visor cap (peaked cap) belonged to a Norwegian volunteer with the rank of SS-Untersturmführer in the German Waffen-SS during World War II.

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