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Which German army division wore a skull and crossbones on their caps?
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The skull and crossbones (death's head), or totenkopf, insignia was not worn on the caps of any German Army Division, but it was worn by the following Army formations:--1st Squadron, 5th Cavalry Regiment.--Regimental staffs of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, and the 13th Company of the 17th Infantry Regiment, and the 2nd Squadron of the 15th Cavalry Regiment.
These death's-head badges were worn on the peak cap, below the national emblem (eagle) and above the cockade.
These were memorial badges, worn in memory of earlier regiments -(the First and Second Regiments of the Prussian Life Guards) and (the Brunswick 92nd Infantry Regiment and the 17th Regiment of Hussars) respectively.
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The skull and crossbones insignia, the totenkopf, was worn by members of the SS on the front of their headgear. One SS pre-war organisation, the Totenkopfverbande ('Death's Head' units) wore the totenkopf on their right-hand collar patch, a tradition then followed by the Totenkopf division of the Waffen-SS.The totenkopf was also the insignia of the German Army Panzer crews, who wore a different version of the totenkopf, on each collar patch of their black uniforms, or on the lapels of their tropical uniforms.Prior to the outbreak of the war, some Nazi-sympathetic veteran organisations painted the totenkopf on the front of their helmets.
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The German army has a tradition dating back many years of using the Skull and sometimes the cross-bones as an insignia for their special forces. In Austria during the Napoleonic Wars, there was a Hussar unit that had the skull and cross-bones on their hats. Before this their hat actually had a reclining skeleton. Even then and later with the Nazi SS, the skull stood for "Death before Dishonor" which means they would rather die fighting than to surrender.The slogan for the SS was also "Death Before Dishonor". The Germans also had an award for fighting partisans that included a skull(but was not an SS award). One of the SS panzer divisions had a skull as their insignia that was worn on the collar.There are many other military units that used the skull symbol. During WW1, the special German troops that operated flame throwers wore a skull and crossbones on their left sleeve. The Italian Fascists had a fighting unit that was a skull with a dagger clenched in its teeth. The British 17th Lancers dating back from its origin displayed a skull and crossbones on their cap and later as their cap badge. There are several US Air Force and Navy squadrons that have a skull or skeleton as part of their insiginia. Some are skeletons flying on bombs and such. One Navy unit is called the Jolly Rodgers and use the old Pirate flag as their symbol.CommentThe motto of the SS is 'My honour is loyalty', NOT 'Death Before Dishonour'.
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The skull and crossbones insignia, the totenkopf, was worn by members of the SS on the front of their headgear. One SS pre-war organisation, the Totenkopfverbande ('Death's Head' units) wore the totenkopf on their right-hand collar patch, a tradition then followed by the Totenkopf division of the Waffen-SS.The totenkopf was also the insignia of the German Army Panzer crews, who wore a different version of the totenkopf, on each collar patch of their black uniforms, or on the lapels of their tropical uniforms.Prior to the outbreak of the war, some Nazi-sympathetic veteran organisations painted the totenkopf on the front of their helmets.
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The German army has a tradition dating back many years of using the Skull and sometimes the cross-bones as an insignia for their special forces. In Austria during the Napoleonic Wars, there was a Hussar unit that had the skull and cross-bones on their hats. Before this their hat actually had a reclining skeleton. Even then and later with the Nazi SS, the skull stood for "Death before Dishonor" which means they would rather die fighting than to surrender.The slogan for the SS was also "Death Before Dishonor". The Germans also had an award for fighting partisans that included a skull(but was not an SS award). One of the SS panzer divisions had a skull as their insignia that was worn on the collar.There are many other military units that used the skull symbol. During WW1, the special German troops that operated flame throwers wore a skull and crossbones on their left sleeve. The Italian Fascists had a fighting unit that was a skull with a dagger clenched in its teeth. The British 17th Lancers dating back from its origin displayed a skull and crossbones on their cap and later as their cap badge. There are several US Air Force and Navy squadrons that have a skull or skeleton as part of their insiginia. Some are skeletons flying on bombs and such. One Navy unit is called the Jolly Rodgers and use the old Pirate flag as their symbol.CommentThe motto of the SS is 'My honour is loyalty', NOT 'Death Before Dishonour'.
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