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English: Display of misc. items and memorabilia related to the German Railway (Deutsche Reichsbahn) and the planning and incomplete construction of a Polarbahn with forced labour in Northern Norway during World War II (see Polar Line and Northern Norway Line), etc.:
  • Wine bottle (1939er Kirchberg)
  • Reichsbahn uniform belt buckle
  • WWII decorative porclain plates made by the Norwegian Porsgrunds Porselænsfabrik flatware company for the 214. Infanterie-Division of the German Wehrmacht:
    • Decorated with 'viking style' ornaments and stylised Norwegian folk costumes (II. A.R.214)
    • Jul 1941 (Norwegian, meaning 'Christmas 1941'), II-AR-214, decorated with drawing of German soldier and cannon in winter landscape
  • Beer stein (Bierkrug), traditional German stoneware mug, memorabilia souvenir from service in the Reichswehr (Zur Erinnerung an meine Dienstzeit Kraftfahr-Abteilung), decorated with a drawing of military motorcyclist and German national swastika and imperial flags, ca. 1934
  • Decorated WWII German drinking glass
  • Yellow armbands of the Wehrmacht and Organisation Todt (Arbeitet für O. T., i. e. 'works for the O. T.')
  • Ribbon bar of War Merit Cross with swords (Bandspange Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse mit Schwertern)
  • Scale model of German Elektrolokomotiv E19, electric locomotive of the Deutsche Reichsbahn build from 1938
  • Bahnhofswache gorget (Ringkragen, Brustschild), III (i. e. Berlin), identical in size and style to the Feldgendarmerie gorgets, with military style national Nazi Germany eagle-and-swastika (Hakenkreuzadler) emblem at the corners. Bahnhofswache ("Bahnpolizei" oder "Kettenhunde") were regular Wehrmacht troops who were assigned to duty in railway stations throughout Germany and the occupied territories.
  • Collar tabs/patches with swastikas from a Deutsche Reichsbahn uniform (German: Kragenspiegel für Rock und Joppe, für Beamte der Besoldungsgruppen 5. und aufwärts.)
  • Map showing road through Nordland, Troms, and Finnmark in the northern part of Norway
  • Photo of Fritz Todt (1891–1942), a German construction engineer and senior Nazi who became the Reich Minister for Armaments and Ammunition. Before the beginning of World War II, he initiated Organisation Todt, a military-engineering company that supplied industry with forced labour.
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Photo taken on May 8, 2019 at the Lofoten War Memorial Museum (Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum) in Svolvær, Norway. The museum exhibits uniforms, militaria, smaller items, etc. from World War II, the Third Reich era, and the German occupation of Norway 1940 – 1945.
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