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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:
  • Framed display of various Norwegian cloth and metal military insignia from World War II; rank insignia and distinctions worn by soldiers in service for the Norwegian military exile authorities in England, including the Army, Navy, and Air Force (serving in the Royal Air Force, RAF), etc.
    • Armbands (brassards) with national flag of Norway, Politi ("Police"), Industriens Luftvern ("Industrial Air Defense"), Kystartilleriet ("Coast Artillery"), Kv.ansvh. ("Quartermaster"), "Special Constable," and the Red Cross emblem, etc.
    • Cloth uniform patches sewn onto jacket sleeves and other items for various units, with inscriptions such as "Norge", "Norway," "No 10 Commando," "Parachute Regiment," "SSH" with a Viking ship, "Welfare," "Ambulance," "Fire guard."
    • Rank insignia, including sleeve chevrons, naval shoulder straps, etc.
    • Cap badges: National cockades, cloth badges for peaked caps for the Navy and Air Force, metal badges with Haakon VII's monogram for berets, etc.
    • First Field dressing, Shell dressing
    • Miscellanous pins
    • Regimental table flag with the Norwegian coat of arms
    • Håndbok for menige Marinen ("Handbook for Enlisted Navy Personnel")
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See Avdelingsmerker og gradtegn på uniform i Det norske forsvar : 1940–1997 : Hæren, Sjøforsvaret, Luftforsvaret, Heimevernet, a booklet on Divisional badges and rank insignia on uniforms of the Norwegian Armed Forces 1940–1997 by Øivind Richard Makilla 1997.
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