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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)
    • German Christmas and New Year cards 1943 and 1944
    • Luftwaffe officer's visored service cap (Schirmmütze) on mannequin's head, with national emblem (Hoheitszeichen, Hheitsadler, Luftwaffeadler, Mützenadler, eagle-and-swastika) and national colours (tri-colour cockade and winged oak leaves wreath), blue-grey, high-fronted saddle-shaped crown, officer's chin strap cords (Mützenkordel)
    • 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
    • Vierte Kriegsweinacht Norwegen 1942 ("the fourth war Christmas Norway"), German Christmas memoriabilia wall plate
    • 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
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