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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:
  • German Navy (Kriegsmarine) NCO's career/rating/trade insignia (German: Laufbahnabzeichen); sleeve badges (Ärmelabzeichen) with embroidered or metal anchor symbols with career insigne and chevron indicating rank (Dienstgradabzeichen), on cloth patches displayed on the wall
  • Machine embroidered German Navy eagle in yellow on a very dark blue backing, etc. The eagle-and-swastika, the emblem of the Nazi party (Parteiadler), became the only national symbol (Hoheitsabzeichen, Hoheitszeichen) in 1935; the national coat of arms featured an art deco style German imperial eagle (Reichsadler, Hoheitsadler) clutching a wreathed swastika. The uniform coats/tunics of the Wehrmacht had the new national emblem in their version (Wehrmachtsadler, "armed forces eagle") as a "breast eagle" (Brustadler), a cloth insignia over the chest pocket on the right hand side. The German Navy (Kriegsmarine) wore this eagle in yellow/gold, the German Army (Heer) in white/silver.
  • Kriegsmarine admiral's car pennant (Hoheitszeichen am Kraftwage, Kfz.-Wimpel), with a Kriegsmarine eagle embroidered with gold and dark brown threads on a dark blue background, and trimmed along the edges with gold tresse displaying swastikas The pennant was taken as a trophy from the German Kommandant at Måløy during Operation Archery (the Måløy Raid), a British Combined Operations raid during World War II against German positions on the island of Vågsøy, Norway, on 27 December 1941.
  • Nazi Germany War Flag (Reichskriegsflagge). This flag served the Heer and the Luftwaffe as their War Flag, and the Kriegsmarine as its War Ensign (the National Flag serving as Jack). It was hoisted daily in barracks operated by units of the Wehrmacht combined German military forces.
  • Germany military ceramic liqueur bottle or decanter (Abtei-Likör; Wehrmacht Marketenderware; verkauf im freien Handel verboten; 'Abbey Liqueur; Wehrmacht Commissariat Goods; Sale in open trade prohibited.')
  • Nazi style Christmas ornaments (Weihnachtsbaumschmuck). In Nazi Germany, attempts were made to bring the traditional German celebration of Christmas in line with Nazi ideology.
    • SS Frontbaum ('SS battlefront tree'), a small artificial tabletop Christmas tree from the Third Reich period, produced for German front soldiers in World War II, with Nazi symbols, i.e. baulbes decorated with swastikas, SS runes (and the text Dich ruft die SS, 'SS is calling you'), the German Reich's national colours red, white and black, etc.
    • Bigger baulbe with Prussian iron cross and portrait of Hitler
    • Tree-topper.
  • Des Führers Kampf in Norwegen miniature booklet ca. 1941. Miniature "button book" printed by the Nazi German government and given as a token gift to those who had donated to the Zweites Kriegshilfswerk für das deutsche rote Kreuz. The booklet could be worn on coat buttons as a sign that the wearer had donated to the charity.
  • Grammophone record: Kriegsweihnacht 1941. Die deutsche Arbeitsfront (N. S. Gemeinschaft 'Kraft durch Freude') Schallplatten - Spende f. d. deutsche Wehrmacht: Wenn der Toni mit der Vroni – Telefunkenplatte
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    Car pennant for admirals of the Kriegsmarine
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    An Bord eines Minensuchbootes, Marinesoldat am Schreibtisch (with Narvik Shield)
  • German Navy (Kriegsmarine) uniforms and insignia chart
    German Navy (Kriegsmarine) uniforms and insignia chart

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