Why did the Nazi uniform have skulls on the hats?

Question

I think I might have answered my own question, but you can decide:

from website:

"The death's head: The death's head is a skull, sometimes with bones crossed behind or beneath it. It looks pretty much like the skull and crossbones shown in pirate movies. Many religions and cultures view skulls as the containers of knowledge or life, and Hitler adopted the symbol from them."

http://www.survivorship.org/articles/nazi.html

Answer 1

Not all of them did. While some groups used variations of the skull-theme, it was the primary insignia for the SS Death-head Division. They were the ones who operated the Concentration and Death camps at Auschwitz and other locations.

Answer 2

Nazi Skull

Answer 3

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Why did the Nazi uniform have skulls on the hats?

Answer 4

Nazi Hat

Answer 5

Some more grist for your mill, as you can see, the Death's Head has a history longer than WWII, but the Waffen-SS made much use of it during that war.

The symbol and its name are sometimes associated with Nazi Germany, particularly the SS and Waffen-SS. However, the use of the symbol as a military insignia began with the cavalry of the Prussian army under Frederick the Great. In Russia, the use of this symbol can be traced even further back: during the Tatar occupation, Christian Orthodox warrior monks going to battle used to wear this symbol (called "Adam's Head").

Answer 6

The were Definitely very sharp uniforms and the reason for this is the were designed by fashion designer Hugo Boss

Answer 7

Only the Totenkopf (Deaths-Head) SS Division did. It was a throwback from the Prussian army which used the DeathsHead on calvalrymen to intimidate the enemy.

Answer 8

And who thought dressing your troops all in black with silver skulls and lighting bolts on their uniforms would be a good PR move?

Answer 9

Only the Totenkopf ("Death's Head") unit of the SS wore this insignia.

I don't think it was intended as a message of tolerance and understanding.

Answer 10

Not all did, only the "Death Head" or SS Concentration Camp troopers had the insignia