File:Nazi Germany SS general's peaked uniform visor cap Schirmmuetze eagle-and-swastika Hoheitsadler skull-and-crossbones Totenkopf emblems silver-grey Lichtgrau Waffenfarbe piping Paspel Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum WWII museum Norway 2022-02-.jpg

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English: Photo taken at the Lofoten War Memorial Museum (Norwegian: Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum), Norway's largest exhibition of uniforms and items from World War II, located in Svolvær:
  • High-fronted peaked visor cap (uniform visor cap, German: Schirmmütze) of the SS (Schutzstaffel).
    • SS style silver Hoheitszeichen/Hoheitsadler, SS' version of the Nazi Germany imperial eagle, the German 'eagle-and-swastika' national emblem featuring an art deco Reichsadler with expanded wings clutching a swastika inside a circular oak wreath
    • SS' silver skull and crossbones/death's head (Totenkopf) cap insignia, adopted from the Totenkopfhusaren, the 5th Hussar/Life-Guard Cavalry Regiment of Prussia
    • Officer's chin strap cord in silver
    • Piping around the cap crown and cap band in silver-grey (Lichtgrau) corps colour (Waffenfarbe) for General officers.
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