Item: G29425

A Waffen-SS EM/NCO’s Totenkopf Collar Tab

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A Waffen-SS EM/NCO’s Totenkopf Collar Tab

This SS-Totenkopf collar tab is a textbook Dachau made tab; featuring a machine embroidered silvery-grey threads; on a black wool base; with a standard buckram core; measuring 52 mm x 39 mm; appears unworn; near mint condition.

Footnote: Julius Schreck, member of the NSDAP and leader of the Staabswache (Adolf Hitler’s bodyguard unit) resurrected the Totenkopf from when it was used during the interwar period in the Freikorps. The Staabswache eventually grew into the SS, who continued the use of the Totenkopf until the end of the Second War. Heinrich Himmler, Chief of the SS, said that the “Skull is a reminder that you shall always be willing to put yourself at the stake for the life of the whole community”.