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English: Photo taken at the Lofoten War Memorial Museum (Norwegian: Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum) in Svolvær, Norway's largest exhibition of uniforms and smaller items related to the Second World War and the German occupation of Norway 1940 – 1945:

Uniforms of the Wehrmacht Luftwaffe (the air force of Nazi Germany) and misc. WWII equipment, militaria, memorabilia, etc.

  • Mannequin dressed in WWII German Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot (Polarfieger) winter uniform
    • German air force peaked visor cap (Luftwaffe Schirmmütze). With national eagle-and-swastika emblem , national cockade-and-winged-oak-leaf-wreath, and piping (Paspel, trimming) in yellow corps colour (waffenfarbe) for flying personnel.
    • Goggles
    • Off-white, zipped, lined leather pilot's winter flying jacket (Fliegerjacke), with broad fur-lied collar, without rank insignia
    • Leather gloves
    • Leather flight trousers with large bellows pockets holding a flare pistol, knife, etc.
    • Luftwaffe Pilot's Badge (Flugzeugführerabzeichen, Pilotenabzeichen), a World War II German military decoration instituted in 1935 and awarded to military aviators after one completed flight training and the flying licence and citation were received
    • Luftwaffe pilot's flare pistol (Flieger-Leuchtpistole, aviator's signal gun) ammo legband, with cartridges
    • Flight boots, with buckled straps at the top and on the instep, zips dow the inner sides, rubber soles, etc.
    • Notproviantbehälter "Winter", container for winter emergency food ration
etc.
  • Misc. Luftwaffe related items, etc.
    • Paintings of German military aircraft widely used during World War II (en:Messerschmitt Bf 110 , Focke-Wulf Fw 190)
    • Banak Air station (Finmark, Norway) wall plaques 1942 and 1943, "coat-of-arms" decorated with the flag of Norway, the national German Reichsadler (swastika-and-eagle emblem), and a polar bear
    • German Christmas and New Year cards 1943 and 1944
    • German post-war collar tabs/patches with backing in yellow, for all personnel in the Bundeswehr Luftwaffe besides generals and general staff officers (Die Kragenspiegel der Luftwaffenuniformträger (außer für Generale und Offiziere im Generalstabsdienst) zeigen auf goldgelbem (melonengelb) Grundtuch eine silberfarbene Schwinge (Doppelschwinge) im Eichenlaubkranz mit unterem Abschluss in Form einer Schleife). See Uniform regulations 2020.
    • Narvik Shield (Narvikschild)
    • Radio receiver from a German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aircraft
    • Magazines and books
      • Luftflotte NORD, German wartime propaganda magazine issued by the Luftflotte 5 and distributed among soldiers of the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe
      • Wo dass Nordlicht flammt (Thraps Forlag, Oslo)
      • Im Dämmerlicht des Polarwinters – Auf einem Feldflugplatz im hohen Norden, magazine report from a Luftwaffe airfield
      • Luftwaffe Dreieckrechner navigational disc/flight computer necessary for navigating with maps and coordinates, typically carried by Luftwaffe aircrew
      • Misc. Luftflotte Nord printed material
    • Total Automatischer Kohlensäure-Trocken-feuerlöscher fire extinguisher from a Luftwaffe casino
    • WWII German single-barreled LP-42 (Flieger-Leuchtpistole) aviator's flare gun (pilot's signal pistol), issued by the Luftwaffe
    • German casino tokens decorated with Nazi swastikas
    • Air field lantern
  • Service uniform of a doctor (Stabsarzt, staff suregeon) in the Luftwaffe, the aerial warfare branch of the combined German Wehrmacht military forces
etc.
  • 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
    • 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, 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), with "Life rune" (Leben Rune, Yr Rune, Algiz) , a symbol representing "birth", "life", "medicine", "pharmacy", etc. in the Third Reich
    • German wartime books:
      • Erich Wustmann: In Lappzelt und Renntierpulk
      • Rudolf Jacobs: Auf Posten in der Polarnacht - Ein Gebirgsjäger erzählt
      • Dieter evers: Panzer schließen den Ring
    • 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 and Norwegen Land der Mitternachtssonne - Weihnacht 1943
    • Christmas tree baubles and stars, decorated with 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 agle-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
etc.
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