This is a fine early second pattern (1934-1945) Waffen-SS (Schutzstaffel) visor cap skull; crisp details; in silvered tombac with the majority of silvering intact; both prongs intact; unmarked; measuring 28.80 mm x 28.82 mm; extremely fine 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 of 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”.

