File:Totenkopf.svg

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Description

English: Nazi SS Totenkopf (Death's Head)

Date

20 November 2019

Source

Own work

Author

RootOfAllLight

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(Reusing this file)

Legal disclaimer
This image shows (or resembles) a symbol that was used by the National Socialist (NSDAP/Nazi) government of Germany or an organization closely associated to it, or another party which has been banned by the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.

The use of insignia of organizations that have been banned in Germany (like the Nazi swastika or the arrow cross) may also be illegal in Austria, Brazil, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and other countries, depending on context. In Germany, the applicable law is paragraph 86a of the criminal code (StGB), in Poland – Art. 256 of the criminal code (Dz.U. 1997 nr 88 poz. 553).

Licensing

This file depicts the coat of arms of a German Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts (corporation governed by public law). According to § 5 Abs. 1 of the German Copyright law, official works like coats of arms or flags are gemeinfrei (in the public domain). Since the Federal Republic of Germany is the legal successor of the Weimar Republic as well as of the "Third Reich" this law is also applicable to flags and coat of arms promulgated before 1945.
Note: The usage of coats of arms and flags (especially those of the "Third Reich") is governed by legal restrictions, independent of the copyright status of the depiction shown here.

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This image is in the public domain according to German copyright law because it is part of a statute, ordinance, official decree or judgment (official work) issued by a German authority or court (§ 5 Abs.1 UrhG).

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	08:29, 27 February 2025	400 × 402 (39 KB)	RootOfAllLight	Reverted to version as of 08:17, 27 February 2025 (UTC)
	08:29, 27 February 2025	400 × 401 (39 KB)	RootOfAllLight	Reverted to version as of 07:43, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
	08:17, 27 February 2025	400 × 402 (39 KB)	RootOfAllLight	N/A
	07:43, 9 May 2024	400 × 401 (39 KB)	RootOfAllLight	N/A
	06:02, 21 November 2019	2,500 × 2,508 (25 KB)	RootOfAllLight	Reverted to version as of 01:04, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
	05:55, 21 November 2019	400 × 400 (414 KB)	RootOfAllLight	Replaced image.
	01:04, 21 November 2019	2,500 × 2,508 (25 KB)	RootOfAllLight	User created page with UploadWizard