File:WW2 Wehrmacht sign from a camp in German-occupied Norway Wehrmachtsadler military eagle-and-swastika emblem Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum War Musuem Norway IMG 8378 ok.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:
  • Sign from a German army (Wehrmacht Heer) camp in Norway during World War II, decorated with a design variation of the military eagle-and-swastika-emblem within a shield:
    • Wikipedia on German army insignia 1935–45: The Reichswehr's visual acknowledgement of the new National Socialist reality came on 17 February 1934, when the Commander-in-Chief, Werner von Blomberg, ordered the Nazi Party eagle-and-swastika, then Germany's National Emblem, to be worn on uniform blouses and headgear effective 1 May. The design adopted, in silver for the Reichsheer (army) and in gold for the Reichsmarine (navy), was a stylized eagle with outstretched, beveled wings clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, later to be called the Wehrmachtsadler ("armed forces eagle").
    • The eagle figure on this sign, however, corresponds to the form variant of the Reichsadler that was used by the German Army (Heer) as a decal (helmet emblem) on the left side of various types of helmets: In an order issued by the Reichswehr Minister on 5 April 1934, the Army’s new eagle insignia was put on the left side of the helmets. The service insignia of the Heer took the form of a silver coloured eagle with down folded wings, its talons clutching a swastika, on a black shield-shaped ground. Although intended primarily for the Army, variations of this emblem could be found in a variety of symbolic uses throughout the Third Reich. This Army service emblem was placed on helmets until discontinued on 28 August 1943.
  • Rubber bale originated from the Allied Murmansk convoys. Cargo stemming from sunken ships in the remote Arctic seas would occasionally wash ashore along the Norwegian coast. This particular rubber bale was found in Valberg, Lofoten, Norway.
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