File:WW2 Norway. German uniforms Gebirgsjaeger mountain soldier Hauptmann wounded officer Regiment 139 Narvik 1940 MP34 Steyr submachine gun Skis mannequin painted 7th battalion memorabilia plaque etc . Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum Museum Norway.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:
  • Mannequin dressed in a field and service uniform as a wounded mountaineer soldier (Gebirgsjäger) in the German Mountain Regiment 139
    • Gebirgs-Jäger-Regiment 139) of the Wehrmacht Heer, the army of Nazi Germany, sent to seize the ice-free Arctic port of Narvik during the invasion of Norway 1940
    • Peaked ski cap (Bergmütze, "mountain cap") with ear flaps and buttoned front closure
      • Cloth patch with national eagle-and-swastika emblem and national colours (Reichskokarde)
      • Metal Edelweiss flower insignia as cap badge for the mountain troops of the German Army
    • Tunic (Feldbluse, "field blouse") with turn-down collar, four pleated patch pockets, turn-back cuffs, etc.
      • Officer's traditional pair of Litzen (Doppellitze, 'double braid') on collar patches/tabs (Litzenspiegel, Kragenspiegel, Kragenpatten), with corps colour (Waffenfarbe) on the central stripe
      • shoulder straps/boards (Schulterklappen/Schulterstücke) with Wehrmacht Heer rank insignia of a Hauptmann (captain) and yellow metal shoulder strap cypher for the 139th Infantry Regiment.
      •    Green (Jägergrün) corps colour (Wehrmacht Waffenfarbe) on piping (Paspel, Padpelierung, Vorstöße) and shoulder strap indicating Gebirgsjäger
      • The Nazi Party eagle-and-swastika (Hakenkreuzadler) emblem (Parteiadler, "party eagle"), later Germany's only National Emblem (Hoheitszeichen, Hoheitsadler), was to be worn as a Wehrmachtsadler ("armed forces eagle") on uniform blouses and headgear from 1934. On tunics this took the form of a Brustadler ("breast eagle") cloth patch about 9 cm wide worn on the right breast, above the pocket.
    • Leather belt with double prong buckle, pistol holster, etc.
  • Misc. German WWII militaria etc.:
    • German military skis and ski poles
    • War time photos
    • German WWII shooting award wall plaque
      • Wooden bullseye target with bullet holes and a handmade painting of two alpine Gebirgsjäger soldiers serving in the mountain troops of the Wehrmacht Heer, the army of Nazi Germany
      • Given to the winner of a marksmanship competition with his name painted onto it, as a shooting trophy/prize and commemorative plaque/memorabilia
      • Text in German (Fraktur typeface): Gegeben v. d. Affzieren. 7. Batl. – Gewonnen v. Gefr. Wanner ("Given by Bataillon 7, won by Lance Corporal Wanner")
    • MP 34 (Maschinenpistole 34), a submachine gun manufactured by Waffenfabrik Steyr and used by the Austrian Army and Gendarmerie and by units of the German Army and the Waffen SS in World War II
    • Hand carved walking stick with "Rovaniemi" and pattern as a war souvenir/memorabilia ("Volkhov stick")
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