File:Flag of the Schutzstaffel.svg

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Description

Deutsch: Emblem der Schutzstaffel

Čeština: Znak Schutzstaffel

Dansk: Schutzstaffel symbolet

Polski: Symbol Schutzstaffel

English: Flag of the Schutzstaffel (SS)

Español: Bandera de las Schutzstaffel (SS)

Русский: Символ СС

Date 1930

Source Schutzstaffel

Author Schutzstaffel

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This work is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.

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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).

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	06:31, 1 May 2025	512 × 341 (2 KB)	RootOfAllLight	Reverted to version as of 21:56, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
	06:30, 1 May 2025	324 × 216 (4 KB)	RootOfAllLight	Reverted to version as of 00:30, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
	21:56, 17 March 2025	512 × 341 (2 KB)	Erfqwep	Reverted to version as of 17:41, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
	21:53, 17 March 2025	900 × 600 (2 KB)	Erfqwep	Reverted to version as of 16:02, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
	17:41, 11 February 2023	512 × 341 (2 KB)	Havsjö	Reverted to version as of 17:37, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
	17:40, 11 February 2023	512 × 341 (2 KB)	Havsjö	slight size adjustment
	17:37, 11 February 2023	512 × 341 (2 KB)	Havsjö	angle of runes
	02:12, 13 April 2021	512 × 341 (338 bytes)	GeMet	bit smaller
	02:06, 13 April 2021	512 × 341 (350 bytes)	GeMet	clean code and svg valid
	16:02, 13 July 2019	900 × 600 (2 KB)	FDRMRZUSA	Higher resolution from same file (latest version). No other changes.