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English: Photo taken at the Lofoten War Memorial Museum (Norwegian: Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum), Norway's largest exhibition of uniforms and items from World War II and the German occupation of Norway 1940 – 1945, located in Svolvær:
  • Uniform of an engineer official/officer in the Luftwaffe, the aerial warfare branch of the combined Wehrmacht military forces of Nazi Germany prior to and during World War II:
    • Officer's peaked visor cap (German: Schirmmütze), high front, saddle shape crown
      • "Flying" Luftwaffe version of Wehrmacht's Nazi "eagle-and-swastika" military national emblem (Hoheitszeichen, Mützenadler, Fliegender Adler, Luftwaffeadler, Reichsadler)
      • National cockade (Kokarde) and stylized wreath wings device (Mützenkranz mit Schwinge, Schwingen, Mützenanstecker, Abzeichen, Metallabzeichen)
      • Chin strap cord (Mützenkordel), etc.
    • Ceremonial full-dress four pocket tunic
    • Rank insignia (Rangabzeichen) of Fl. Stabsingenieur (Fliegender Stabsingenieur, Flieger-Stabsingenieur, major rank) on collar tabs/patches (Kragenspiegel, Kragenpatten) and shoulder straps/boards (Shulterklappen, Schulterstücke).
    • Pink corps colour (Rosa Waffenfarbe) indicating "Air Force Engineer Corps" (Ingenieurkorps der Luftwaffe) or Aviator engineer(ing) service (Fliegeringenieurdienst).
  • Nazi Germany (Third Reich) brownshirt uniform of a Obertruppführer in the National Socialist Motor Corps (German: Nationalsozialistische Kraftfahrkorps, NSKK)
    • Black leather motorcycle crash helmet (Schutzhelm/Sturzhelm), later design, with padded bumpers around and across top, ear and neck flaps, and a large metal eagle-and-swastika emblem (Nazi Party Parteiadler, "party eagle") and NSKK banner. (Schwarzer Ledersturmhelm/Sturzhelm mit umlaufendem Ring- und Kammwulst, seitlich mit Lüftungslöchern, vorn der aufgelegte Adler (Parteiadler Hoheitszeichen mit Hakenkreuz), mit gelaschtem Lederfutter, Ohrenschutz und Kinnriemen mit Schnalle.)
    • Brown blouse with four outer breast pockets
    • The ranks and insignia of the NSKK were a paramilitary rank system 1931 – 1945 based closely on the ranks and insignia of the Sturmabteilung (SA), of which the NSKK was originally a part
    • Unit or group (Gruppe) collar patch on the right collar displaying the number of the wearer's company (Sturm), followed by the number of the motorized regiment (Standarte) of NSKK: 82/M35.
    • Side cap (Feldmütze) with a NSKK cloth patch, under shoulder strap (Schulterklappe) on right shoulder
    • Bugle with the NSKK eagle on top
See also uniforms and insignia of the Sturmabteilung
The NSKK (Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps) was a motorized paramilitary organization under the auspices of the Nazi Party during the Third Reich. The members of this organization trained in the operation and maintenance of automobiles, trucks and motorcycles. NSKK members had a rank structure based on that of the SA (Sturmabteilung), and wore similar uniforms and insignia.
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