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English: Photo taken on May 8, 2019 at the Lofoten War Memorial Museum (Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum) in Svolvær, Norway. The museum exhibits uniforms, militaria, memorabilia, smaller items, etc. related to World War II, the German occupation of Norway 1940 – 1945, and the Third Reich era.



  • Mannequin dressed in uniform of a tank crewman in the Panzertruppen of Wehrmacht Heer, the army of Nazi Germany:
    • Side cap/garrison cap (Schiffchen) with fold-down scallops to the front and side, Wehrmacht eagle, round national cockade, and upside-down V shaped soutache in Waffenfarbe (cord used on caps to depict the corps or type of unit the wearer belongs to)
    • Turtleneck jersey
    • Wrapper jacket (Panzer Feldjacken)
      • Wehrmacht rank insignia of sergeant (Unteroffizier) on shoulder straps:
      • Skull and crossbones symbol (Totenkopf) for tank troops, on gorget tabs (Kragenspiegel, collar patches). In Nazi Germany the Totenkopf was used as cap badge of the Schutzstaffel (SS) and unit insignia of the Panzer forces of the German army and air force.
      • Piping (Paspel, trimming) in rose-pink corps colour (rosa Waffenfarbe) indicating Panzerwaffe, the panzer (tank) and motorized forces of the German army
      • National Reichsadler ("German imperial eagle") emblem as a chest eagle (Brustadler) cloth patch on right breast
    • Leather waist-belt and metal belt buckle (Koppelschloss) with Wehrmachtadler ("armed forces eagle", the military version of the national nazi eagle-and-swastika emblem) and motto Gott mit uns ('God With Us')
    • Military decorations:
    • Schützenschnur, lanyard with German badge of marksmanship


  • Misc. militaria, memorabilia and war time items connected to the Wehrmacht, the armed forces of Nazi Germany etc.:
    • Colour photograph of WWII German medium tank Panzer III (Panzerkampfwagen III, Pzkw III) in taw and frost
    • Bullseye target with bullet holes and painting of a German tank, given to the winner of a shooting competition as a memorabilia plaque with his name painted onto it. Text in German: Gewonnen von Herrn Hauptmann Riedl! 1942, Gegeben von Kradsctz.-Ers.-Batl.-7 ("Won by Captain Riedl! 1942, given by Kradschützen-Ersatz-Bataillon 7", a replacement army tank unit)
    • Pennant from a German tank on the Eastern Front, with a home made painting of a white skeleton on black backing
    • Wehrmacht Heer visor cap (Schirmmütze) with national emblem, tri-colour cockade in an oakleaf wreath and piping (paspel, trimming) in pink corps colour (Waffenfarbe) for tank troops (Panzertruppen)
    • Panzer Badge (Panzerkampfabzeichen), a World War II military decoration of Nazi Germany awarded to troops in armoured divisions, in a frame
    • Miniature scale models of two German tanks
    • Tobakk 1944 Hjemmeavlet Hurtigfermentert, Norwegian "home grown" WWII substitute tobacco
    • German army officer's winter headdress (Wehrmacht Wintermütze, Winterfellmütze) with national Nazi emblem (Hoheitszeichen, Mützenadler), fur and flaps
    • Radio transmitter from a German tank
    • Two boxes with SS First Aid Kit (Verbandkasten), marked with "Life rune" (Leben Rune, Yr Rune, Algiz), a symbol representing "birth", "life", "health", "medicine", "pharmacy", etc. in the Third Reich
    • German wartime books:
      • Erich Wustmann: In Lappzelt und Renntierpulk (1943)
      • Rudolf Jacobs: Auf Posten in der Polarnacht - Ein Gebirgsjäger erzählt (1941)
      • Dieter evers: Panzer schließen den Ring (1941)
    • Miniature figurine/scale model of a WW2 Wehrmacht motorbike (BMW R75 with sidecar and MG 34 machine gun) and motorcyclist (Krad-fahrer) in overcoat/raincoat, etc.
    • Wooden memorabilia plate with carved decoration: relief of a Sami man and the inscription Norwegen Land der Mitternachtssonne - Weihnacht 1943
    • German Christmas tree decorations, stars and bauble decorated with a Nazi swastika
    • Die Handgranate magazine Christmas edition (Weihnachtsausgabe) 1944
    • German WW2 military food:
      • Canned liverwurst sausage (Leberwurst)
      • Chocolate bar (Schokolade ; 45 Gr.; Carl Brandt Chokoladenfabrik)
    • Unused visor cap insignia for Luftwaffe produced by F.W.Assmann & Söhne Lüdenscheid button factory. The flying imperial eagle-and-swastika emblem was called Luftwaffenadler, fliegenden Adler, etc. in German.
    • Wartime magazine with text in Norwegian
    • Eastern Front Medal (Ostmedaille, Medaille Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42) in frame
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