File:Nazi Germany uniforms etc Army Wehrmacht Full dress Paradeanzug tunic Waffenrock Major Artillerie aiguillette Achselshnur Iron Cross EK DRL badge Brustadler eagle-and-swastika brocade belt Litzen Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum Norway IMG 795.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(2,935 × 3,913 pixels, file size: 4.4 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Description
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:
  • Ceremonial parade full dress uniform (grosser Gesellschaftanzug) for an officer (Major) in the Wehrmacht, the army of Nazi Germany:
    • Tunic (Waffenrock) model 1935 with fall-down collar, turned-up cuffs, etc.
      • Gorget patches/collar tabs (Kragenspiegel) with silvergrey thread Litzen (officers' "double braids", Doppeltlitze), the traditional German Army "guard lace" bars, woven on a base of the Truppenfarbe colour identifying the wearer’s branch.
      • Rank insignia on shoulderstraps/shoulder boards (Schulterklappen, Schulterstücke)
      • Ärmelpatten on cuffs
      • Piping (trimming, Paspel) in red corps colour (Waffenfarbe) indicating "artillery"
      • Military version of the Nazi style Reichsadler (German national imperial eagle) with swastika as a cloth patch on the chest (Brustadler, "breast eagle")
      • Three Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz, EK) military decorations:
        • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross With Oak Leaves and Swords (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit dem Eichenlaub mit Schwertern)
        • Iron Cross 1914 with ribbon
        • Iron Cross 1939
      • DRL (Deutscher Reichsbund für Leibesübungen) sport badge (Deutsches Reichssportabzeichen, German National Sports Badge)
    • Army officers' formal parade brocade belt (Paradefeldbinde, Feldbinde für Offiziere des Heeres) with two dark green stripes and belt buckle (Schloss) with Wehrmachtsadler in round oak leaf wreath (see guide for German belt buckles 1931–1945 at germandaggers.com)
Date
Source Own work
Author Wolfmann
Other versions

Licensing[edit]

I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
Nazi symbol Legal disclaimer
This image shows (or resembles) a symbol that was used by the National Socialist (NSDAP/Nazi) government of Germany or an organization closely associated to it, or another party which has been banned by the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.

The use of insignia of organizations that have been banned in Germany (like the Nazi swastika or the arrow cross) may also be illegal in Austria, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, France, Brazil, Israel, Ukraine, Russia and other countries, depending on context. In Germany, the applicable law is paragraph 86a of the criminal code (StGB), in Poland – Art. 256 of the criminal code (Dz.U. 1997 nr 88 poz. 553).

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current18:01, 29 March 2022Thumbnail for version as of 18:01, 29 March 20222,935 × 3,913 (4.4 MB)Wolfmann (talk | contribs)Uploaded own work with UploadWizard

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Nazi_Germany_uniforms_etc_Army_Wehrmacht_Full_dress_Paradeanzug_tunic_Waffenrock_Major_Artillerie_aiguillette_Achselshnur_Iron_Cross_EK_DRL_badge_Brustadler_eagle-and-swastika_brocade_belt_Litzen_Lofoten_Krigsminnemuseum_Norway_IMG_795.jpg&oldid=784482642"