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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:

Left glass display:

• Plates and mug as German war memorabilia
• Items of the Nasjonal Samling (NS), Quisling's Fascist/Nazi party in Norway before and during the German occupation in World War 2.
  • Uniform caps (Hird-kepi and soft cap)
  • Armlets with suncross (green armband for NSUF, Youth Organization of NS, and red for Hirden)
  • Propaganda pamphlet Vi vet hva vi vil!
  • Musical recording of NS-marsjen ("March of the NS") by Peaters
  • Pennant for Rikshirden Stor-Oslo ("National Hird in Greater Oslo region") with NS suncross with two swords
  • Metal sign for Ministerpresident Vidkun Quisling (after 1942-02-01)
  • Drinking glasses with VQ-inscription (emblem of the Førergarden)
  • Small swastika and NS flag (red and yellow)
  • Stamps with NS-eagle and suncross Offentlig sak ("Governmental Post")
  • NS-sanger ("NS-songs")
  • Quisling's pamphlet on extraterrestial life Om at bebodde verdener finnes utenom jorden (1929)
  • Cuff title band VIKING worn by Hird Regiment No. 7 (Greater Oslo region).
  • NS necktie in red and yellow
• German Enigma code machine

Middle glass display:

• British WW2 Commandos battle dress uniform for a Free Norwegian Forces soldier of the Interallied Commando No. 5 Troop
  • Military beret with Norwegian die-cast cap badge produced in UK during WWII; the crowned cypher H7 of King Haakon VII inside an oak wreath
  • Thompson submachine gun and camouflage patterned smock.
  • The Norwegian armed forces in exile were the remains of the armed forces of Norway which escaped from Nazi occupation to continue the fight from Allied countries, such as Britain and Canada.

etc.

Right glass display:

• Upper shelf:
  • German Navy (Kriegsmarine) NCO's career/rating/trade insignia (German: Laufbahnabzeichen); sleeve badges (Ärmelabzeichen) with embroidered or metal anchor symbols with career insigne and chevron indicating rank (Dienstgradabzeichen), on cloth patches displayed on the wall
  • Machine embroidered German Navy eagle in yellow on a very dark blue backing, etc. The eagle-and-swastika, the emblem of the Nazi party (Parteiadler), became the only national symbol (Hoheitsabzeichen, Hoheitszeichen) in 1935; the national coat of arms featured an art deco style German imperial eagle (Reichsadler, Hoheitsadler) clutching a wreathed swastika. The uniform coats/tunics of the Wehrmacht had the new national emblem in their version (Wehrmachtsadler, "armed forces eagle") as a "breast eagle" (Brustadler), a cloth insignia over the chest pocket on the right hand side. The German Navy (Kriegsmarine) wore this eagle in yellow/gold, the German Army (Heer) in white/silver.
  • Kriegsmarine admiral's car pennant (Hoheitszeichen am Kraftwage, Kfz.-Wimpel), with a Kriegsmarine eagle embroidered with gold and dark brown threads on a dark blue background, and trimmed along the edges with gold tresse displaying swastikas The pennant was taken as a trophy from the German Kommandant at Måløy during Operation Archery (the Måløy Raid), a British Combined Operations raid during World War II against German positions on the island of Vågsøy, Norway, on 27 December 1941.
  • Nazi Germany War Flag (Reichskriegsflagge). This flag served the Heer and the Luftwaffe as their War Flag, and the Kriegsmarine as its War Ensign (the National Flag serving as Jack). It was hoisted daily in barracks operated by units of the Wehrmacht combined German military forces.
  • Germany military ceramic liqueur bottle or decanter (Abtei-Likör; Wehrmacht Marketenderware; verkauf im freien Handel verboten; 'Abbey Liqueur; Wehrmacht Commissariat Goods; Sale in open trade prohibited.')
  • Nazi style Christmas ornaments (Weihnachtsbaumschmuck). In Nazi Germany, attempts were made to bring the traditional German celebration of Christmas in line with Nazi ideology.
    • SS Frontbaum ('SS battlefront tree'), a small artificial tabletop Christmas tree from the Third Reich period, produced for German front soldiers in World War II, with Nazi symbols, i.e. baulbes decorated with swastikas, SS runes (and the text Dich ruft die SS, 'SS is calling you'), the German Reich's national colours red, white and black, etc.
    • Bigger baulbe with Prussian iron cross and portrait of Hitler
    • Tree-topper.
  • Des Führers Kampf in Norwegen miniature booklet ca. 1941. Miniature "button book" printed by the Nazi German government and given as a token gift to those who had donated to the Zweites Kriegshilfswerk für das deutsche rote Kreuz. The booklet could be worn on coat buttons as a sign that the wearer had donated to the charity.
  • Grammophone record: Kriegsweihnacht 1941. Die deutsche Arbeitsfront (N. S. Gemeinschaft 'Kraft durch Freude') Schallplatten - Spende f. d. deutsche Wehrmacht: Wenn der Toni mit der Vroni – Telefunkenplatte

• Middle shelf: Uniform insignia, badges etc. of Kriegsmarine, the naval forces of Nazi Germany, and other items of the german military during the war:
  • Josetti JUNO cigarette pack
  • Kriegsmarine anchor and carreer insignia, trade badges (Laufbahnabzeichen) metal devices, embroidered cloth patches, sleeve insignia (Ärmelabzeichen)
  • Hoheitszeichen (national emblem) or Reichsadler ("imperial eagle" as Nazi style eagle-and-swastika emblem) as uniform badges on visor caps and tunics (Brusthoheitsabzeichen, "breast national badge", Brustadler, "breast eagle"); For identification of cap badges of Nazi Germany see Visor Cap Insignia Guide at www.germandaggers.com.
  • Round sailor's cap with national emblem (Hoheitsabzeichen, Mützenadler, cap eagle, "eagle-and-swsatika" emblem), national tri-colour cockade, and cap tally (Tellermütze, Mütze mit Kokarde und Mützenband) from the Z2 Georg Thiele 1940
  • German military personnel seat ticket for the vacationer transport from Narvik, Norway to the Homeland from Narvik on January 27, 1941 (german text on the printed card: Dienststelle Feldpostnummer 00209; Platzkarte für den Urlaubertransport Narvik–Heimat [...] ab Narvik 27.1.41 [...]
  • Narvik Shield (Narvikschild, Norwegian: Narvikskjoldet) in gold, a World War II German military decoration awarded to all German forces that took part in the battles of Narvik between 9 April and 8 June 1940. It was instituted on 19 August 1940 as the first of a series of arm shield campaign awards.

• Middle shelf:World War II uniform garments and accessories of Nazi Germany:
  • Schutzstaffel (SS) officer field cap (Feldmütze) with fold-down scallops to the front and side
  • Wehrmacht General's field cap (side cap) with inverted V-shaped soutache
  • Collar patches with rank insignia of a general (with elaborate Arabeske decoration)
  • Generalmajor Brigadier general's shoulder board/ strap with golden braided cords
  • Cap badges: National emblem (imperial Reichsadler eagle of Nazi Germany; eagle-and-swastika) and cap device with cockade (Mützenkranz, Kokarde)
  • Wehrmacht service cap (peaked visor cap, Schirmmütze)
  • Wehrmacht's Heer (German Army) dagger
  • M. Hohner Wenn wir marschieren harmonica (Mundharmonika), and musical instrument box with In der Heimat da gibt's ein Wiedersehn)
  • Tobacco pipes mounted for sale to soldiers
  • Metal cap eagle emblems from F.W. Assmann, a button and buckle factory in Lüdenscheid
  • Luger pistol

• Bottom shelf: Studded military leather boots

etc.

In front:

• Two photos taken in Northern Norway during the Second World War