Unusual cap insignia?

**Sir Payne** · 07-05-2012, 07:12 PM

I was looking through an old Hitler Youth magazine when I came across this interesting photo. The officer in the picture (maybe Himmler?) appears to be wearing an Allgemeine-SS Officer visor Cap with a floating swastika insignia in the place of the usual eagle insignia. I'm assuming the blurry area covers the Totenkopf.

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**WarCollector2019** · 07-05-2012, 07:35 PM

Hello, I am pretty sure that the insignia is of a Belgium member of the Germanic SS.
Thanks, Glen.

**KradSpam** · 07-05-2012, 07:48 PM

It looks possibly edited in? Maybe done to make him look more 'nazi' for propaganda.

**aj4010** · 07-05-2012, 07:53 PM

If the Totenkopf is blurred due to movement, his face and the rest of the cap should be blurred too. I think the photo has been messed with.

Best Regards,

Andy

**WarCollector2019** · 07-05-2012, 08:02 PM

If you enlarge the photo the swastika is also slightly blurred. The swastika would have been made from a shinny metal which is why it appears so bright in the photo.
Thanks, Glen.

**d'alquen** · 07-05-2012, 10:09 PM

The man in your picture is Konrad Henlein. The cap is for the Sudetendeutsche Partei and the badge on the band is not a blurred totenkopf but the black/red/black Sudeten colours.
Here is a better view.

**Sir Payne** · 07-05-2012, 10:17 PM

Thank you for that info. I had never heard of this branch of the SS before, or seen this type of insignia. You have to admit, he has a striking resemblance to Himmler in that first photo.

Corey