File:Arquebus Krigshistorisk Museum Norway. WW2 Allied Victory in Europe display. USSR Red Army uniforms Lieutenant-Colonel Orders PM1910 7.62mm Maxim machine gun SSh-40 helmet Telogreika padded clothing PPSh-41 Soviet flag photos etc (2023.jpg

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English: Arquebus War History Museum (Arquebus Krigshistorisk Museum) in Førre, Norway: The exhibition 'WWII Allied Victory in Europe 1945', opened in 2005 by Tom Wheatcroft (1922–2009), a British war veteran and collector of racing cars and German military vehicles. The exhibition includes mannequins dressed in military uniforms, displayed in glass cases showcasing weapons, equipment, ammunition, awards, debris, historical photos, and more. The collaboration with Tom Wheatcroft and his son Kevin Wheatcroft also includes 'The Battle of Berlin', a large diorama featuring a multitude of exhibition figures in German and Russian uniforms, weaponry, military equipment, and two Russian tanks in a city environment characterized by ruins, bricks and debris.

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  • Soviet Union (USSR) Red Army infantry officer parade uniform
    • M1941 officer’s khaki field visor cap with Red Star cap badge
    • Tunic with Lieutenant-Colonel rank insignia on shoulder boards, red piping and star emblem on buttons
    • Decorations: Order of the Red Star and Order of the Patriotic War of 1941 - 1945
    • Leather waist belt, cross strap, map pouch, pistol holster; belt buckle with Red Army's star and hammer and sickle emblem; binoculars
    • Riding breeches, high boots
  • Soviet Union (USSR) Red Army soldier
    • SSh-40 steel helmet
    • telogreika (fufaika, vatnik) padded cold weather clothing (jacket and trousers)
    • Box belt buckle with star emblem
    • Russian hand grenades: (RGD-5 (РГД-5), Granata Distansionnaya, distance hand grenade or time-delayed hand grenade; F-1 grenade; and RGD-33 grenade
    • PPSh-41 submachine gun
    • US rifle grenades, etc.
  • PM M1910 (Pulyemyot Maksima, 'Maxim's machine gun' Model 1910), a Russian heavy machine gun
  • Order of the Red Banner, the first Soviet military decoration established in 1918, Red Army uniform belt buckle, canteen glass water bottle, hand grenade, US Winchester cardboard ammo box: 20 Cartridges ball caliber .30 m2, etc.
  • Russian PPS 43 submachine gun (mounted on wall)
  • Flag of the Soviet Union
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