SS-Totenkopfverbände
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SS-Totenkopfverbände was a major branch of the Nazi Party's paramilitary Schutzstaffel organisation. It was responsible for administering the concentration camps and extermination camps of Nazi German
Right collar insignia (second version, 1934–1945)
SS-TV officers at Gusen concentration camp (October 1941)
SS-TV officers at Sachsenhausen concentration camp, 1936
Heinrich Himmler (front right, beside prisoner) inspecting Dachau concentration camp on 8 May 1936
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
SS-Totenkopfverbände
…Nazi Germany, among similar duties. It was both the successor and expanded organisation to the SS-Wachverbände (guard units) formed in 1933. While the Totenkopf was the universal cap badge of the SS, the SS-TV also wore this insignia on the right collar tab to distinguish itself from other SS formations. On 29…
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
August von Mackensen, German field marshal in his Life Hussar full dress, with the Totenkopf on his fur busby c. 1915