File:WW2 German Navy Kriegsmarine Der Admiral der norwegischen Westküste Visor cap Schirmmütze uniformslue National eagle Cockade etc Arquebus krigshistorisk museum War History Tysvær Norway 2020-06 cropped 08155.jpg

English: Uniform items and equipment used by the German military forces (Wehrmacht) during Nazi Germany's occupation of Norway in the Second World War 1940–1945:

• German Navy (Kriegsmarine) Admiral's peaked visor cap (Schirmmütze of der Admiral der norwegischen Westküste, the admiral commanding the west coast of Norway).
  • Embroidered golden insignia/cap badges:
    • Wehrmacht Kriegsmarine style golden Hoheitszeichen/Hoheitsadler, the Third Reich 'eagle-and-swastika' national and military emblem featuring an art deco Reichsadler with expanded wings clutching a swastika inside a circular oak wreath
    • Cockade surrounded by a wreath of oakleaves (Kokarde und Blattkranz, Mützenkranz, Eichenlaub) in the centre of the cap band
    • Golden bullion leaf-shaped decoration ("scrambled egg" embellishment) on visor (bestickter Mützenschirm, Goldfadenstickerei auf dem Mützenschirm) as insignia for navy officers:
      • The visor caps of Junior Officers, with the rank of Ensign (Leutnant zur See) through to Lieutenant (Kapitänleutnant) and Music Officer (Stabsmusikmeister) feature a single row of gold-coloured scalloping along the visor’s border.
      • The visor caps of Senior Officers below the rank of Admiral, including Stabsoffiziere, Musikinspizienten, and Korvettenkapitän through to Kommodore, feature a single row of interlocking gold-coloured oak leaves, embroidered in bullion or celleon, along with the visor’s border.
      • The visor caps of Admirals feature two rows of interlocking gold-coloured oak leaves, embroidered in bullion or celleon, which originate from the same stem and meet along the centre along the visor’s border.
  • Chin strap, buttons
    • The chin strap for Officers and Senior Non-Commissioned Officers is composed of black patent, lacquered, simulated, or matte leather.
  • New guidelines concerning rank insignia were issued in 1936, and in 1938, the traditional saucer form (Tellerform) of the visor cap was changed to a new saddle form (Sattelform). While the form of the visor cap was officially changed from saucer to saddle in 1935, the saucer form of the caps that were already issued could be worn during the Second World War as a result of permissible wear-out periods. The visor cap was worn as part of the blue uniform and summer uniform by Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers of the Kriegsmarine, it was not worn by enlisted personnel.
  • See Uniforms and insignia of the Kriegsmarine and Guide for visor cap insignia of Nazi Germany.

Photo of exhibit in the Arquebus War History Museum (Norwegian: Arquebus krigshistorisk museum) in Tysvær, Norway, a regional museum focusing on the war in Norway. Photo taken on June 2nd, 2020.

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