Walter Heck
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Walter Heck was a German graphic designer who created the SS double 'Siegrune' symbol for the Schutzstaffel, the elite corps of the Nazi Party, in 1929, the runic emblem of the Sturmabteilung, and co-
A page from a uniform booklet published late 1932, where 'SS' (Schutzstaffel) is written in Fraktur script. The image also shows the early SS brown shirt uniform and an early variant of the Nazi elite corps' skull symbol (Totenkopf).
German uniform chart reproduced in an American newspaper in December 1933. At the top, Heck's new SS logo, his runic SA (Sturmabteilung) emblem, and the black SS uniform he designed together with Karl Diebitsch can be seen.
The uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel served to distinguish its Nazi paramilitary ranks between 1925 and 1945 from the ranks of the Wehrmacht, the German state, and the Nazi Party.
Walter Heck
…Siegrune' symbol for the Schutzstaffel (SS), the elite corps of the Nazi Party, in 1929, the runic emblem of the Sturmabteilung (SA), and co-designed the all-black SS uniform in 1932. He was an SA-Sturmhauptführer (company commander) in the SA, and later joined the SS. Heck was born in Cologne and worked for Ferdinand…
SS–Brigadeführer Hans Lammers in black Allgemeine SS uniform, 1938
2nd pattern SS Totenkopf, 1934–45
The earliest SS rank system, used during the year 1929