File:WW2 Wehrmacht German Army General Pellengahr uniform Norway 1940 Officer visor cap Collar tabs Red lapels on greatcoat Armed Forces Museum (Forsvarsmuseet) Oslo 2020-02-25 2824.jpg

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WW2 German Army general's uniform (overcoat, tunic and visor cap) at the Army Museum (Forsvarsmuseet) in Oslo, Norway

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English: Wehrmacht Heer (German Army) General uniform from the Second World War in Norway 1940:
  • Officer's visor cap (Schirmmütze) with Nazi eagle and national cockade
  • Double breasted greatcoat (Mantel, overcoat) with lapels in red (generals in the Heer had red lapels, in Kriegsmarine blue, and in Luftwaffe, SS and the diplomatic corps had white).
  • Officer's tunic/jacket (Waffenrock) with rank insignia of General on collar tabs/gorget patches (German: Kragenspiegel, Kragenpatten or Arabesquen)

Uniform belonged to Richard Pellengahr, general (Generalleutnant) in the Wehrmacht and leader of 196th ID, one of three infantry divisons in Norway during the Operation Weserübung, Germany's assault on Denmark and Norway during the Second World War April 9, 1940 and the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign (to June 10, 1940).

Photo taken in February 2020 at Norwegian Armed Forces Museum (Forsvarsmuseet) in Oslo, Norway.
Norsk bokmål: Uniformen til Richard Pellengahr, en av de tyske generalene under kampene i Norge under andre verdenskrig våren 1940: høylue med naziørn og nasjonal kokarde, uniformsjakke med rangdistinksjoner på kragespeilene og sid frakk med røde slag. Foto tatt i februar 2020 i Forsvarsmuseet i Oslo.
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