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The Damascus-bladed Honour Swords are extremely rare. They were awarded to a select few by Himmler personally, usually to high-ranking SS leaders, or important businessmen or statesmen who held an honorary SS rank of at least SS-Oberführer. Since they were often given to recipients on their birthday (usually their 50th), they are also known as ...
The origin of the name "Damascus Steel" is contentious. Islamic scholars al-Kindi (full name Abu Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi, circa 800 CE – 873 CE) and al-Biruni (full name Abu al-Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni, circa 973 CE – 1048 CE) both wrote about swords and steel made for swords, based on their surface appearance, geographical location of production or forging, or the name of the ...
This is a list of nicknames and pseudonyms of Nazis.Common nicknames (as translated into English) include variations of "Beast", "Butcher" and "Angel of Death". Most high-ranking Nazis did not have a nickname.
Elvis Hitler, stage name of musician Jim Leedy, lead singer of the band Elvis Hitler Heath Hitler , formerly Isidore Heath Campbell, a white supremacist known for naming his son Adolf Hitler Campbell Semyon Hitler [ ru ] , Soviet Red Army man of Jewish descent, World War II participant, awarded the Medal "For Courage"
Hitlersäge – "Hitler saw", nickname of the MG42 machine gun. Also named "Singende Säge" (singing saw), "Knochensäge" (bone saw) or "Hitlersense" (Hitler scythe) HJ-Fahrtenmesser (Hitler Youth knife) – common knife specially designed for the Hitler Jugend. [4] HJ-Spätlese – nickname for the Volkssturm. "Spätlese" being the term for ...
A contemporary pattern-welded sword blade made by Danish swordsmith Ejvind Nørgård. The blade shows a chevron pattern with opposing twists and straight laminate alternating. Pattern welding is a practice in sword and knife making by forming a blade of several metal pieces of differing composition that are forge-welded together and twisted and ...
SS-Ehrendolch M-1936 with Meine Ehre heißt Treue inscription on the blade. The design of the dagger was based on the 16th century Swiss dagger. The centre of the wide and long spear-pointed blade has a very pronounced rib. The official motto of the SS Meine Ehre heißt Treue ("My honour is loyalty") was etched along the longer axis of the blade.
Meine Ehre heißt Treue was frequently inscribed on SS objects, including honorary daggers and belt buckles of the Allgemeine SS.Many Germanic SS units (non-German SS units in German-occupied Europe) adopted a translation of the motto in their own languages, such as Mijn Eer Heet Trouw/Mijn Eer is mijn Trouw in Dutch, Min Ære er Troskap in Norwegian, and Troskab vor Ære in Danish.