File:WW2 German Wehrmacht doctor uniform, Gebirgsjäger emblem, Narvik Shield, Deutsches Rotes Kreuz armband, US cigarettes, chocolates etc. as resistance supply, radio receiver, dentist equipment, etc Lofoten krigsminnemuseum 2019-05-08 D.jpg

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English: Photo taken on May 8th, 2019 at Lofoten War Memorial Museum ("Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum") in Svolvær, Norway. The museum exhibits uniforms, smaller items, etc. from World War II and the German occupation of Norway 1940–1945:
  • WW2 uniform of a military doctor serving in the Wehrmacht, the armed forces of Nazi Germany:
    • Bergmütze ("mountain cap"), German peaked ski cap, as field cap, with cap badges: A "eagle-and-swastika" Mützenadler ("cap eagle") and national cockade on the front, and Edelweiss emblem (Edelweiss-Abzeichen) of a Gebirgsjäger, the German alpine or mountain troops, on the left hand side
    • Snow goggles (Schneebrille)
    • Light-weight olive denim four-pocket field tunic (Feldbluse)
    • Rank insignia and of a Stabsarzt (Oberarzt) on the shoulderstraps/shoulder boards (Schulterklappen, Schulterstücke). The rod of Asclepius (Äskulapstab) is a symbol for medical personnel (Dienstgradabzeicen des medizinischen Personals).
    • Collar tabs/patches (Kragenspiegel, Kragenpatten) bearing a pair of officer type Litzen (Doppellitzen, "double braids", Kragenlitzen, "collar braids"), a device inherited from the old Prussian Guard which resembled a Roman numeral II on its side
    • Brustadler ("breast eagle"), the army form of the Wehrmachtsadler (the armed forces "eagle-and-swastika") or Hoheitszeichen (national emblem) worn above the right breast pocket.
    • Edelweiss emblem on the right sleeve
    • Narvik Shield (Narvikschild) campaign badge on upper left sleeve
    • Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (DRK, the German Red Cross) armband/brassard/armlet
    • Deutsch. Rotes Kreuz Alp. Rettungsdienst, DRK mountain rescue badge from the 1930s (Bergrettungsabzeichen des DRK aus den 30er) on left breast pocket
    • Lightweight brown leather belt
See also uniforms and ranks and insignia of the German Army (1935–1945)
  • Foreign (US) consumer goods dropped from an airplane in waterproof packages as supplies for the Milorg military resistance movement in Norway:
    • Milky Way chocolate, Chesterfield and Craven cigarettes, Wrigley's cinnamon chewing gum, granulated sugar, cereals, toilet paper, ration fruit bar etc.
  • Radio receiver used by the Norwegian resistance movement
  • German dentist equipment (foot pedal dental drill)
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