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English: WW2 German army (Wehrmacht Heer) uniforms used in the German attack on Norway 1940:
  • General:
    • Officer's peaked cap/visor cap (Schirmmütze), high front, saddle shaped crown;
      • Cap insignia (Mützenabzeichen):
        • Embossed metal insignia/cap badge: Eagle-and-swastika emblem adopted as national and military coat of arms from the Nazi Party emblem based on the German Reichsadler imperial eagle: called Hoheitszeichen ('national emblem'), Mützenadler ('cap eagle'), Wehrmachtsadler ('eagle of the armed forces') or Heeresadler ('army eagle');
        • National tri-color cockade, within an embroidred oak leaf wreath (Mützen-Eichenlaub, Eichenlaubkranz mit Kokarde, Blattkranz, VH-Kokarde);
      • Piping (Paspel, Paspelierung, trim) along the top of the crown and edges of the cap band in corps colours of the German Army (Waffenfarben des Heeres)
      • Officer's silver chin strap cord (Mützenkordel silber) over visor
    • Doubled breasted/buttoned greatcoat (Mantel, overcoat) with lapels in red (generals in the Heer had red lapels, in Kriegsmarine blue, and in Luftwaffe, SS and the diplomatic corps had white), green collar, side pockets and deep turned back cuffs
    • Officer's tunic/jacket (Waffenrock) with rank insignia of General on collar tabs/gorget patches (German: Kragenspiegel, Kragenpatten or Arabesquen)
    • Jackboots (officers' boots were knee-high, more form-fitting, and to be worn with breeches)
Uniform belonged to Richard Pellengahr (1883 – 1964), general (Generalleutnant) in the Wehrmacht and leader of 196th ID, one of three infantry divisons in Norway during the Operation Weserübung, Germany's assault on Denmark and Norway during the Second World War, starting on April 9, 1940, and the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign to June 10, 1940.
  • Private infantryman (Soldat):
    • Field cap (Feldmütze); side cap (folding garrison or envelope cap,Schiffchen) with fold-down scallops to the front and side
      • Wehrmacht eagle (Wehrmachtadler), cap egle (Mützenadler)
      • Round national tri-colour cockade
      • Upside-down V shaped soutache in Waffenfarbe (cord used on caps to depict the corps or type of unit the wearer belongs to)
    • German M36 overcoat/greatcoat (Mantel)
      • Field grey wool, double buttoned/breasted, deep back cuffs
      • Dark green collar and shoulder straps (Schulterklappen) for enlisted personnel (Mannschaften)
      • Piping (trimming) in white corps colour (Waffenfarbe) for the infantry displayed on the shoulder straps
    • Leather belt
    • Jackboots (Marschstiefel, "marching boots")
etc.
Photo taken at Norwegian Armed Forces Museum (Forsvarsmuseet) in Oslo, Norway.
Norsk bokmål: Uniformer og utstyr båret av tyske soldater i Wehrmacht Heer (Nazi-Tysklands hær) under angrepet på Norge under andre verdenskrig i april 1940:
  • Uniformen til Richard Pellengahr, en av de tyske generalene under kampene våren 1940:
    • høylue for offiserer i den tyske hæren (Wehrmacht Heer) med hakekorsørn og nasjonal kokarde med eikeløvsornament
    • Uniformsjakke med rangdistinksjoner for generaler på kragespeilene
    • Sid frakk med røde slag
    • Skaftestøvler
  • Uniformen til en menig tysk infanterist
    • Båtlue
    • Sid, dobbeltspent frakk med skulderklaffer
    • Stålhjelm (Stahlhelm)
    • Belte og bærereimer med patrontasker for Mauser-gevær, feltspade med mer. Hakekorset på merket på beltespenna er slipt bort.
med mer
Foto fra utstillingene i Forsvarsmuseet i Oslo.
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