(No5231 German Prussian hussar shoulder board insignia badge WW1 SKULL TOTENKOPF

(No5231 German Prussian hussar shoulder board insignia badge WW1 SKULL TOTENKOPF (image 1/1)
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Original German German Prussian hussars shoulder board insignia badge WW1 SKULL TOTENKOPF, NICE CONDITION, SIZE: 31 mm Money back guarantee on originality. There is a great opportunity to save on postage: if you buy anything else, the further item(s) will be posted for free. I am happy to send more HQ photos by e-mail if required. Totenkopf (lit. "skull") is the German word for the skull and crossbones and death's head symbols. The "Totenkopf"-symbol is an old international symbol for death, danger or the dead, as well as piracy. It consists usually of the human skull with or without the mandible and often includes two crossed long-bones (femurs), most often depicted with the crossbones being behind some part of the skull. The direct translation of Totenkopf is skull, not death's head, which would be Todeskopf, but no such word is in use. Skull and bones is "Totenkopf mit Knochen" in German. Use of the symbol as a military insignia began with the cavalry of the Prussian army under Frederick the Great. Frederick formed Husaren-Regiment Nr. 5 (von Ruesch), a Hussar regiment commanded by Colonel von Ruesch. These Hussars adopted a black uniform with a Totenkopf emblazoned on the front of their mirlitons and wore it on the field in the War of Austrian Succession and in the Seven Years' War. In 1808, when the regiment was reformed read more
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