totenkopf holster

Navy · 01-20-2004, 01:11 PM

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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01-20-2004, 01:11 PM	#10
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	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.