Later repurposed by the troops of a certain Free and Democratic Military™. (The official story when this came out was that the double-S rune stood for “sharp-shooter,” and that the troops were unaware of the history. Which I consider about as believable as the Canadian government not knowing they were giving a standing ovation to a Nazi war veteran).
TIL the SS had a flag
Later repurposed by the troops of a certain Free and Democratic Military™. (The official story when this came out was that the double-S rune stood for “sharp-shooter,” and that the troops were unaware of the history. Which I consider about as believable as the Canadian government not knowing they were giving a standing ovation to a Nazi war veteran).