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Badass Russian Skull Hat

Is that the most badass thing you’ve ever laid your pair of peepers on or what? Skulls are the most overused symbol in rock and roll imagery, so I am always on the lookout for skull designs that are legit. This one is from a book called Uniforms and Accoutrements of the Imperial German Hussars 1880-1910 Vol. I: Hussar Regiments 1-9 and the image is subtitled “Leib-Husaren Regiment ‘Konigin Victoria von Preussen’ Nr.2 (2nd Death Head HR2) Officer Opossum Busby (Pelmutze) with Parade Reiher feather bush,” which translates (roughly) to “badass 100 year-old German death head hat with feather.” The design of the skull and crossbones looks familiar because a variation of this design has been used in military design worldwide (not to mention punk rock imagery and motorcycle gear) for centuries, and I would guess that it dates to many years prior to this German example.

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