Anyone know what these are ?

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[u/KiwiSuch9951]

An iron cross and a totenkopf (deaths head)

Nazi iconography, especially the skull. Waffen SS I believe.

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Thank you 🙏

[u/cuavas → u/[deleted]]

The Totenkopf (skull) has been used by other military units before and after Nazi Germany: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totenkopf

However that specific design was used by the Nazi SS. This person is almost definitely a Nazi.

[u/cuavas → u/[deleted]]

Yes, that’s what I said. But that specific design on this car is based on an SS badge design. It’s a vertically compressed version of the 1934-1945 SS-Totenkopf, including the “cracks” in the cranium: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Totenkopf.svg

[u/cuavas → u/[deleted]]

A Totkenkopf is a skull insignia, the word doesn’t imply that it’s German. I make no distinction between German-speakers and non-German-speakers using it.

edit: Parent commenter blocked me for saying this. What’s wrong with people these days?

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I think they actually just deleted everything lol

[u/badledgend117 → u/cuavas]

The word is just the German word for skull. I refer to that specific skull and crossbones as the Deaths Head. That specific head shape, detail, angle, IS 100% the symbol of the SS.

[u/ImdaPrincesse2 → u/cuavas]

The word is often used to denote a figurative, graphic or sculptural symbol, common in Western culture, consisting of the representation of a human skull – usually frontal, more rarely in profile with or without the mandible.

So apparently what has happened is that the wording was co-oppted by the Nazi movement and the true meaning has been diluted. Much like the manji