File:Uniform tunic of WW2 German Wehrmacht front gendarm, gorget (Feldgendarmerie), hand grenade, etc. Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum (WW2 Memorial Museum) Svolvær, Norway 2019-05-08 DSC00056.jpg
DescriptionUniform tunic of WW2 German Wehrmacht front gendarm, gorget (Feldgendarmerie), hand grenade, etc. Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum (WW2 Memorial Museum) Svolvær, Norway 2019-05-08 DSC00056.jpg
English: WW2 Photo taken on 8 May 2019 at Lofoten War Memorial Museum (Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum) in Svolvær, Norway. The museum exhibits uniforms, militaria, memorabilia, smaller items, etc. from World War II and German-occupied Norway 1940–1945:
Uniform jacket of a (Wehrmacht Heer) front gendarm, the military police of the army of Nazi Germany:
Open lapel cut, single-breasted tunic with front closure and two side pockets, two box-pleated patch breast pockets with stylised (scalloped) button-down flaps
Police rank insignia of a Meister, Polizeimeister on the shoulder-straps/shoulder boards (Schulterklappen/Schulterstücke)
Collar tabs (German: Kragenspiegel or Kragenpatten) bearing a pair of Litzen (Doppellitze "double braid") for officers and a NCO braid (Unteroffizierslitze, Kragenlitze – the badge of rank of all German NCO ranks) encircling the collar
Orange-yellow corps colour (Waffenfarbe) of the German Army indicatig "military police"
Breast eagle (Brustadler), a cloth patch worn above the right breast pocket, showing the German imperial eagle national eagle (Reichsadler, Hoheitszeichen, Hoheitsadler) in the form of a Nazi version Art Deco stylised "eagle-and-swastika"
Cuff title (Ärmelstreife) with the text Deutsche Wehrmacht
The distinctive German MP gorget (Kragenspiegel, Brustschild) with the text Feldgendarmerie
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