File:WW2 Norway. German Luftwaffe uniforms Generaloberst Undress Service Dress Kleiner Rock Visor cap Schirmmuetze Luftwaffeadler eagle-and-swastika Iron Cross EK Knight's Ritterkreuz German cross Deutsches Kreuz Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum B.jpg

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.

• Undress Service Dress, Walking-Out Dress, Informal Evening Full Dress (kleiner Rock) of an Generaloberst in the Wehrmacht Luftwaffe
  • General officer's high-fronted, blue-grey peaked visor cap (German: Schirmmütze) of the Luftwaffe. Cap insignia (Mützenabzeichen) with the national emblem and the national colours:
    • Luftwaffeadler ("Luftwaffe eagle", Fliegender Adler), the "flying" Luftwaffe version of the Third Reich Reichsadler (German imperial/state eagle) national emblem. The wellknown eagle-and-swastika (Hakenkreuzadler) was adopted as national and military coat-of-arms from the Nazi Party emblem (Parteiadler, "party eagle"); also called Hoheitszeichen ('national emblem'), Hoheitsadler ("national eagle") Mützenadler ("cap eagle"), or Wehrmachtsadler ("eagle of the armed forces").
    • National tri-colour cockade/roundel (Reichskokarde) and oakleaf wreath and stylized wings device (Mützenkranz mit Schwinge, Schwingen, Mützenanstecker, Abzeichen, Metallabzeichen)
    • Piping (Paspel, Paspelierung, trim) along the edges of the cap band and crown in corps colour of the Luftwaffe (Waffenfarbe der Luftwaffe)
    • Cord (Mützenkordel) for officers, plain chin strap for Wehrmacht EM/NCO
  • Kleiner Rock ("little coat"), a double-breasted Special Coat for General Officers, variant of the Waffenrock tunic, in Luftwaffe-blue (blue-grey) gabardine, with large lapels, two pockets on the skirt, deep turned-up cuffs, etc.
    • Rank insignia (Dienstgradabzeichen) on shoulder boards (Schulterstücke) and collar tabs (Kragenspiegel) indicating Generaloberst
    • White-lined lapels and Piping (Paspel, trimming) on the covered fly and cuffs. The kleiner Rock für Generale der Luftwaffe was a dress tunic specifically made for General Officers featuring white lapel facings and white piping down the front panel and on the cuffs.
    • Gilded buttons, and gold-embroidered bullion Luftwaffe style chest eagle uniform patch (Brustadler, breast eagle), the eagle-and-swastika national emblem (Hoheitszeichen, Hoheitsadler, Reichsadler, Wehrmachtsadler)
    • Decorations, etc.:
      • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), over necktie (probably a museum replica)
      • Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz, EK) 1st Class on coat breast
      • German Cross; The War Order of the German Cross (Der Kriegsorden Deutsches Kreuz) or German Cross (Deutsches Kreuz) was instituted by Adolf Hitler on 28 September 1941 and awarded in gold for repeated acts of bravery or military leadership and in silver for distinguished non-combat war service.
      • 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
  • Trousers of correspondingly coloured cloth, each side with white piping between broad white stripes. The long trousers worn with the "little coat" displayed double borad stripes and piping of coloured appropriate to the wearer's Waffenfarbe.

• Misc. Luftwaffe related items, etc.
  • Luftwaffe staff officer car pennant (car flag, Kraftfahrzeug-Wimpel, Kfz.-Wimpel, Autowimpel, Dienstwimpel)
  • Paintings of German military aircraft widely used during World War II (en:Messerschmitt Bf 110 , Focke-Wulf Fw 190)
  • Banak Air station (Finmark, Norway) wall plaques 1942 and 1943, "coat-of-arms" decorated with the flag of Norway, the national German Reichsadler (swastika-and-eagle emblem), and a polar bear
  • Für besondere Leistung – der kommandierende General und Befehlshaber im Luftgau Norwegen ("for special achievement, Airdistrict Norway"), cast metal wall plaque with "Peer Gynt riding a buck" emblem
  • 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)

etc.