What does the skull and crossbones on the Nazi uniform represent?
Dec 13, 2014 · The deaths head (Totenkopf) is a symbol that had been in use by many German and Prussian military units in history, going back hundreds of years. It was mainly to signify …
Are these real WWII Nazi patches? - History Stack Exchange
Jun 29, 2017 · Addressing the "Nazi" part, that patch combines two symbols which predate the Nazis by decades. The Iron Cross and Totenkompf (death's head) were Prussian symbols.
What are these 16-Century Italian monetary symbols?
Dec 11, 2024 · I am trying to read a part of Tartaglia's General Trattato Di Numeri, Et Misure. I have problems with what appear to be shorthand symbols for monetary or weight values. I will …
Was Horst Tappert a member of the SS? - History Stack Exchange
Jun 16, 2013 · Reinecker had been a fervent Nazi from the start. He, too, was in the SS (in the same Totenkopf division as Tappert), but he also had a career as an influential propagandist, …
What is the origin of the "No Symbol"? - History Stack Exchange
Feb 12, 2024 · I have been able to trace the "🚫 No symbol" (red circle with single diagonal line through it, U+20E0 ⃠ COMBINING ENCLOSING CIRCLE BACKSLASH) as far back as the …
middle ages - Was a Žaltys a real snake? - History Stack Exchange
Aug 2, 2017 · A žaltys is a household spirit in the Lithuanian mythology. As sacred animal of the sun goddess Saulė, it is a guardian of the home and a symbol of fertility. People used to keep …
Was Churchill's "backwards" victory symbol a rude gesture to Hitler?
Nov 24, 2020 · I wanted to include the pictures of both gestures and add to the given answer. The gesture was explained to Churchill many times according to his private secretary and Churchill …
Has anybody a complete list of Obelisks in the World?
The list from the Wikipedia: Egypt – 8 Pharaoh Thutmosis I, Karnak Temple, Luxor Pharaoh Ramses II, Luxor Temple Pharaoh Hatshepsut, Karnak Temple, Luxor Pharaoh Senusret I, Al …
Why is the Aztec/Nahuatl Syllabary incomplete? [closed]
Jan 6, 2020 · The phonetic portion of the script is an abugida: don't expect all the cells in the table to be populated, nor for the symbols within to relate to each other.
When was the White Feather first used as a symbol of cowardice?
Dec 23, 2017 · I've found several articles state that the OED dates the first usage of the term "white feather" as a symbol for cowardice to 1795. A representative example is White Feathers …