Esoteric insignia of the Schutzstaffel

This article is about esoteric insignia used by the Schutzstaffel. For Schutzstaffel insignia more generally, see Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel.

The esoteric insignia of the Schutzstaffel (known in German as the SS-Runen) were used from the 1920s to 1945 on Schutzstaffel (SS) flags, uniforms and other items as symbols of various aspects of Nazi ideology and Germanic mysticism. They also represented virtues seen as desirable in SS members, and were based on völkisch mystic Guido von List's pseudo-runic Armanen runes, which he loosely based on the historical runic alphabets. Some of these insignias continue to be used by neo-Nazi individuals and groups.[1]

  1. ^ "Extreme Right Wing symbols, numbers, and acronyms" (PDF). Greater Manchester Police. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2016.