Totenkopf Husaren

[KAGGR#1]

Great TK photos! But not too much on TK found on schirmutze! How can we ID these TK’s? Here is mine! 2nd LH officer.

I would ask Tony S.
He is the go-to man on that subject
Steve

 

[Khukri]

I would ask Tony S.
He is the go-to man on that subject
Steve

Correct!

 

[KAGGR#1]

I will have to check this fine book. A chapter on these.

Francis
If you have the time
Please post what you find out
Steve

 

[Khukri]

Francis
If you have the time
Please post what you find out
Steve

I will check!

 

[b.loree]

I took my skull wappen with me and had Tony examine it. It is original and it is a private purchase/officer example of the model used 1815-1918. These are smaller than issued ones and have the 3 soldered prongs as shown in Al's and my photos at the beginning of this post.

 

[Khukri]

I will check!

My mistake: it is in this french book

 

[JPT]

 

[Khukri]

View attachment 51046

A great example!

 

[Khukri]

-According to the study mine is #03 of 3 main patterns. Skull fully rests on the crossed femurs. And at the left of the picture: An oblong cut-out between both femurs.

 

[Khukri]

And in the French magazine "Uniformes" Nr 292-January 2014. A six page article on the Totenkopf. Excellent.