Could not have said it better myself, thanks John.
When one studies the old photographs of W.W.I through the Weimar period and early III Reich, one notices a plethora of Totenkopf insignias applied to a variety of things ranging from trucks to holsters. Likewise it was used as the logo for several freikorps units over a period of about 15 years.
For some reason, we American collectors want to make the "leap of faith" that anything marked with a totenkopf was automatically used by the SS and hence was connected with a consentration camp. Well, the KL marked luger/concentration camp nexus has now been effectively debunked by NAPCA members. I feel certain that the same will happen here in time.
Tom A.
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