File:WW2 Norway. German Luftwaffe uniforms Generaloberst Undress Service Dress Kleiner Rock Visor cap Schirmmuetze Luftwaffeadler eagle-and-swastika brustadler German cross Deutsches Kreuz etc Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum Museum IMG 8569.jpg

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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.

  • 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:
    • 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.
      • 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)
        • 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.
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