Which Waffen-SS Unit are these guys from?

Maigewitter · Post by **Maigewitter** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 3:06 pm

They are all from a Totenkopf unit. But the question is:

Is it a cypher or a letter under the death head?

If its a cypher it indicates the particular Totenkopf-Standarte, if its a letter..i only know of the letter "K" which had been used on Totenkopf collar tabs and the "K" would indicate them as concentration camp guards. (K=Konzentrationslager)

Maybe this helps you a bit.

best regards

Paddy Keating · Post by **Paddy Keating** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:53 am

Other numbers and letters were used. It could also be the 'D' denoting the Dachau Standarte. Hard to say with this reproduction quality. Nice photograph nonetheless.

PK

Paddy Keating · Post by **Paddy Keating** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:58 am

They're not Waffen-SS, by the way. These are Totenkopfverbände men. Elements from the TK-Verbände would form the cadre of the Totenkopf Division, which was part of the Waffen-SS.

PK