File:Tirpitz Coat of arms (Wappenschild) found in wreck of WW2 German Navy Kriegsmarine battleship sunk outside Tromsø, Norway 1944. Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum 2019-05-08 DSC00339.jpg

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English: Coat of arms (Wappenschild) of the Schlachtschiff Tirpitz, a WWII battleship of the Kriegsmarine, the navy of Nazi Germany 1935 – 1945. Tirpitz was commissioned in 1941 and sunk by British bombers at Håkøya outside Tromsø in the Northern part of Norway on 12 November 1944. Between 1948 and 1957 the wreck was broken up by a joint Norwegian and German salvage operation.

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.
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