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English: Hanging version of the SS flag.
Walter Heck, a German graphic designer and SA (Sturmabteilung) and SS (Schutzstaffel) officer, created the SS double rune symbol for the Nazi Schutzstaffel in 1929. Contrary to Nazi myth, Heck's design was not based on ancient Aryan runes but aimed to depart from prevalent Fraktur lettering. Heck later joined the SS, reaching the rank of Obersturmführer. He also designed the SA-Runes badge and co-designed the all-black SS uniform in 1932 with Karl Diebitsch. The Sieg rune was adapted into the emblem of the SS in 1933 by Walter Heck, an SS Sturmhauptführer who worked as a graphic designer for Ferdinand Hoffstatter, a producer of emblems and insignia in Bonn. Heck's device consisted of two sig runes drawn side by side like lightning bolts, and was soon adopted by all branches of the SS. The first use of the SS runes was as a unit insignia limited only to members of the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler which had replaced the Army Chancellery Guard to become Hitler's main protectors. |
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| Author | Monkleonmars |
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Legal disclaimer This image shows (or resembles) a symbol that was used by the National Socialist (NSDAP/Nazi) government of Germany or an organization closely associated to it, or another party which has been banned by the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. The use of insignia of organizations that have been banned in Germany (like the Nazi swastika or the arrow cross) may also be illegal in Austria, Brazil, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Israel, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and other countries, depending on context. In Germany, the applicable law is paragraph 86a of the criminal code (StGB), in Poland – Art. 256 of the criminal code (Dz.U. 1997 nr 88 poz. 553). |
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This file depicts the flag of a German Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts (corporation governed by public law). According to § 5 Abs. 1 of the German copyright law, official works like coats of arms or flags are gemeinfrei (in the public domain). Since the Federal Republic of Germany is the legal successor of the Weimar Republic as well as of the Third Reich, this law is also applicable to flags promulgated before 1945.
Note: The usage of coats of arms and flags (especially those of the Third Reich) is governed by legal restrictions, independent of the copyright status of the depiction shown here.
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| current | 03:50, 20 February 2021 | | 320 × 1,067 (37 KB) | Monkleonmars | Uploaded own work with UploadWizard |
