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File:Nazi German Waffen-SS uniform, visor skull (Totenkopf) cap, Hauptsturmführer, Regiment Nordland, etc. Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum, Norway 2019-05-08 DSC09938.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
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File:German SS uniform. Peaked visor cap with skull emblem (Totenkopf). Norwegian Armed Forces Museum (Forsvarsmuseet) Oslo, Norway 2019-03-31 DSC01647.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
Nazi Germany's military uniforms had a skull on the cap. Who made that design decision, and why? Did average Germans find it a bit dour and creepy that they were marching to
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