when using the German word in an English language context it refers to the SS version specifically
I mean, not really. From the Wikipedia article:
In English, the term Totenkopf is commonly associated with 19th- and 20th-century German military use, particularly in Nazi Germany.
So yes, it means the Nazi one and also those other ones. (Inb4 we have an extended pointless argument about the meaning of the word “particularly.”) In any case, regardless, BIAB was implying that there was no history of it outside of Naziism.
I mean, not really. From the Wikipedia article:
So yes, it means the Nazi one and also those other ones. (Inb4 we have an extended pointless argument about the meaning of the word “particularly.”) In any case, regardless, BIAB was implying that there was no history of it outside of Naziism.