Walter Heck

Walter Heck
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)Graphic designer and SA and SS officer
Known forCreating the SS double rune symbol for the Nazi Schutzstaffel
Walter Heck designed the infamous typographic logo for the SS, the elite corps of the Nazi party, in 1929. He put together two lightning bolt-shaped 'Siegrunes', a symbol based on the sig Armanen rune, which in turn was based on the historical sowilo rune.

Walter Heck was a German graphic designer who created the SS double 'Siegrune' symbol for the Schutzstaffel (SS), the elite corps of the Nazi Party, in 1929, the runic emblem of the Sturmabteilung (SA), and co-designed the all-black SS uniform in 1932. He was a company commander in SA, and later joined the SS.