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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.

  • Misc. Luftwaffe related items, etc.
    • Paintings of German military aircraft widely used during World War II (en:Messerschmitt Bf 110, Focke-Wulf Fw 190)
    • White fur winter cap (Wintermütze) issued to Luftwaffe ground troops, with fold down ear flaps with button for top fastening, peaked front, and Luftwaffe eagle-and-swastika and national roundel sewn to the front
    • 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
    • Magazines and books
      • Luftflotte NORD, German wartime propaganda magazine issued by the Luftflotte 5 and distributed among soldiers of the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe
      • Wo dass Nordlicht flammt (Thraps Forlag, Oslo)
      • Im Dämmerlicht des Polarwinters – Auf einem Feldflugplatz im hohen Norden, magazine report from a Luftwaffe airfield
      • Luftwaffe Dreieckrechner navigational disc/flight computer necessary for navigating with maps and coordinates, typically carried by Luftwaffe aircrew
      • Misc. Luftflotte Nord printed material
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