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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 Waffen-SS uniform winter suit (Winteranzug, Winterausrüstung) as a German WWII soldier serving on the North front (Nordfront):
    • White snow camouflage cold weather smock, parka, jacket (hooded, padded coat) and trousers in a two-piece coverall oversuit
    • Stahlhelm, German military steel helmet, with a SS runes helmet decal, chin strap, etc.
    • German belt and Y-straps (Trageriemen, suspension straps) for carrying field gear (personal military equipment) and combat equipment (Kampfausrüstung):
      • Short shovel (entrenching tool) on left hip
      • Mess tin (Essgeschirr)
      • Canteen (water bottle) with metal cup (Feldflasche)
      • Canvas breadbag (Brotbeutel)
      • K98 bayonet for the Karabiner 98k rifle, in scabbard/sheath
  • Wehrmacht skis with attached fur skins on the underside, allowing the ski to glide forward across the snow and then grip in the other direction when climbing the slopes uphill (Bergauf). Skipoles, ski bindings.
  • Pulk, a Nordic short, low-slung small transport sled pulled by a dog or a skier:
    • Panzerfaust, an inexpensive, single shot, recoilless German anti-tank weapon of World War II
    • First aid kit in equipment boxes: Erste Hilfe, Verbandkasten (Kasten zur Aufbewahrung von Verbandmaterial, Instrumentarium und Medikamenten für Erste Hilfe) etc.
    • MG 42 (Maschinengewehr 42"), a general-purpose machine gun used extensively by the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS
  • Mannequins in traditional Sámi fur clothing (winter garments):
  • Taxidermied reindeer (Ragnifer Tarandus)
  • Stuffed artic fox (Vulpes lagopus)
  • Misc. exhibits and museum interior i the background:
    • Deutsche Grenzpolizei (German boarder police) sign
    • Gløtt av Norge, painting of a young woman and a reindeer by Norwegian illustrator and poster artist Harald Damsleth promoting tourism in Norway
    • Airtight wooden box containing ammunition (Wehrmacht Munitionskiste) with text in German: Oben. Nicht werfen! Luftdicht verpackt.
    • Traditional made neverkont (Kiepe) bag, backpack
    • Norwegian WWII uniforms etc. in glass case display
    • Norwegian royal standards
    • Radio
    • German Navy small diving device (Kriegsmarine Kleintauchgerät)
    • Museum counter/desk
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