August von Mackensen
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Anton Ludwig Friedrich August Mackensen, was a German field marshal. He commanded Army Group Mackensen during World War I and became one of the German Empire's most prominent and competent military le
Mackensen, c. 1880
Mackensen in his Life Hussar uniform with his iconic Totenkopf fur busby c. 1915
World War I monument erected by Mackensen to the Serbian defenders of Belgrade. The inscription reads "Here Rest Serbian Heroes" in German and Serbian.
Mackensen inspects soldiers of the Ottoman Empire, June 1916
Totenkopf
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Totenkopf is a German compound word for death's head. The word is often used to denote a particular design of a symbol common in Western culture, consisting of a human skull – usually frontal, more ra
August von Mackensen
…Leib-Husaren-Regiment Nr. 1) from 17 June 1893, and when he left its command on 27 January 1898 he was retained à la suite, often wearing the distinctive death's head uniform thereafter. Mackensen, then became adjutant to Wilhelm II, the first commoner to hold that position. For the next three-and-a-half years, he shadowed…
Reichsfuhrer SS, Heinrich Himmler with peaked visor cap with Totenkopf.
Hussar from Husaren-Regiment Nr. 5 (von Ruesch) in 1744 with the Totenkopf on the mirliton (Ger. Flügelmütze)
Totenkopf badge worn by the Brunswick Leibbataillon ("Life-Guard Battalion") at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815