VERY RARE! Original WWII German WAFFEN SS “PIRATE SKULL” TRAPEZOID GREEN VARIENT CAP INSIGNIA. (Mützen Abzeichen) Brought Home By A U.S. Veteran Certified.

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RARE! Original WWII German WAFFEN SS M44 “PIRATE SKULL” TRAPEZOID CAP INSIGNIA. (Mützen Abzeichen) Brought Home From Dachau By A U.S. Veteran Certified. In 1944 the SS developed a single piece of cap insignia which incorporated both the skull and eagle on a one piece trapezoid base for wear on the M44 field cap. Originally these trapezoidal pieces of insignia were produced in a machine woven version until a final, embroidered version was introduced in late 1944. The first versions of the trapezoidal cap insignia featured dual rows of teeth in the skull while later versions only had a single row of teeth WAFFEN SS personnel’s cap trapezoids were produced with a field gray base to match the color of the cap it was to be worn on.  Second pattern, woven construction, SS style national eagle with out-stretched wings, clutching an encircled, canted, swastika in its talons, positioned above a skull and cross bones with a bottom jaw and single row of teeth in matte, white/grey, rayon threads mounted on a woven, green wool trapezoidal base. The insignia is still on its original, green wool and is in overall good, condition with slight loss on the upper corner.   Complete museum documentation (COA) Provided. Certified by The Gettysburg Museum of History. 100% guaranteed to be authentic. The Gettysburg Museum of History does not support or condone Adolf Hitler or the Nazi Party and is only offering this as a historic relic. Please see our other items.    Also note when browsing our web site there are several pages of items, at the bottom of the list look for other page numbers. SS items are RARE and Very Desirable To Collectors And Historians! The single row of teeth “THE PIRATE SKULL” WAFFEN SS GREEN Version is VERY RARE! DO NOT MISS THIS!