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Spanish Army[edit]

Lusitania Light Cavalry Regiment No.8. Unit raised in 1709. Currently a light armoured regiment. Badge granted in 1744 by king Philip V of Spain in homage to the losses suffered by the unit at the battle of Madonna dell'Olmo(Savoy). According to this source the badge was displayed at first on the cuffs and consisted of 3 skulls and crossbones (sic). Note: Marines is a place-name, the current regimental HQ.

"http://elmesondelartillero.blogspot.com/2009/05/siguiendo-con-los-aniversarios-en.html"

Death's Regiment. Infantry. 1809-10. British-issued uniform. This unit was made up of Spaniard troops rescued from Denmark by the Royal Navy. See Division of the North.

"http://www.miniaturasjm.com/uniformología/uniformes-espaoles-espaa-1800-a-1812" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.8.98.118 (talk) 11:30, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Australian forces?[edit]

worth adding a note on australian SOTG using the skull and cross bones as a unit patch? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.174.240.205 (talk) 05:51, 5 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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El Salvador[edit]

Atlacatl Battalion [1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.5.16.22 (talk) 10:18, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

France[edit]

In the twentieth century some army units used a skull and crossbones badge.[2] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.50.253.104 (talk • contribs) 09:08, 15 December 2012

Escadron de chasse 1/7 Provence.

Italy[edit]

The following units had skull representations on collar insignias: (1)assault group, San Marco division; (2)alpine chasseurs; (3)Sardinia volunteers battalion; (4) assault battalion National Republican Guard; (5)Italian Waffen-SS; (6)San Marco assault group; and E. Mutti legion, Black Brigade.

Insignia of Duce's Musketeers (photo) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.50.253.104 (talk • contribs) 09:08, 15 December 2012

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moschettieri_del_Duce The postwar Para-Saboteurs also used a skull insignia.[3] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.50.249.7 (talk • contribs) 08:28, 24 November 2013

http://www.15-18blog.blogspot.com/2012/09/addio-ad-un-vecchio-ardito.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.58.221.148 (talk • contribs) 08:39, 28 February 2015

83rd Fighter Squadron.

15th Caproni Bomber Squadron. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.93.253.199 (talk) 15:09, 16 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Japan[edit]

The 58th Shimbu Tai used a skull and crossbones insignia.[4] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.50.253.104 (talk • contribs) 09:08, 15 December 2012

Kwantung Army — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.3.27.247 (talk) 07:37, 24 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Mexico[edit]

The Villista cavalry used a skull and crossbones flag.[5] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.50.253.104 (talk • contribs) 09:08, 15 December 2012

Nicaragua[edit]

The COE unit of the Nicaraguan Democratic Force, a special operations unit, used a skull insignia.[6] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.50.253.104 (talk • contribs) 09:08, 15 December 2012

Panama[edit]

The elite 7th Tapir Infantry Company of the defunct Panamanian Defense Force, used a skull insignia.[7] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.50.253.104 (talk • contribs) 09:08, 15 December 2012

Philippines[edit]

The counter-guerrilla Nenita unit used a skull and bones flag.[8] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.50.253.104 (talk • contribs) 09:08, 15 December 2012

Poland[edit]

The 1st Polish Motorized Artillery Regiment used a Death's Battery insignia.[9] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.50.249.7 (talk • contribs) 09:02, 24 November 2013

South Africa[edit]

Golf Company, 32 Battalion.

Spain[edit]

Death's Regiment — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.203.236.77 (talk) 05:38, 16 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thailand[edit]

1st Reconnaissance Battalion (Thailand)

United Kingdom[edit]

The Long Range Desert Group used a skull and crossbones flag. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.50.253.104 (talk • contribs) 09:08, 15 December 2012

United States[edit]

502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment.[10]

802nd Tank Destroyer Battalion.[11]

Tank Destroyer School Instructor.[12] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.93.253.199 (talk) 11:12, 25 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A Battery, 1st Battalion, 209th Field Artillery Brigade, New York National Guard.[13]

Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 20.[14]

MTBRON 41.[15]

HS-861.

VB-8.

VB-10.[16]

VB-20. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.49.221.26 (talk) 07:53, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

VBF-6.[17]

VBF-8.[18]

VBF-10.[19]

VBF-13.[20]

VBF-83.[21]

VBF-95.[22]

VC-5.[23]

VCN-2.[24]

VF-24. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.28.144.251 (talk) 05:30, 26 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

VF-75.

VT-8.[25]

VT-15.[26]

VT-28.

VT-43.

1st Composite Squadron.

86th Bombardment Squadron.[27]

386th Bombardment Squadron.

494th Bombardment Squadron.

642nd Bombardment Squadron.

C Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment guidon.

VMF-214 "Swashbucklers."[28]

VMF-422. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.28.144.251 (talk) 13:39, 10 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

VMFA-134.

VMFA(AW)-332.[29]

VMB-613.[30] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.28.144.251 (talk) 12:57, 13 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

VMO-6.

HMM-262.

Comment[edit]

In Europe, the skull and crossbones is formal symbol used only by elite units, and is considered to be sinister as a result of its use by the German SS. By constrast, in the US the death's-head is a common symbol that even non-combat units use. As can be seen in the image gallery, many of these American symbols have a humorous cartoon-character appearance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.2.15.186 (talk • contribs) 09:17, 24 November 2013

Gallery split[edit]

I propose splitting into some smaller galleries as subsections once we have a lot of symbols for a single nation, the sheer amount is pretty overwhelming. Anyone opposed? Ranze (talk) 22:35, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Assad's Syria[edit]

Republican Guard (Syria). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.99.89.51 (talk) 16:13, 15 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Skulls vs Skull and crossbones[edit]

Many of the images displayed in the gallery do not have crossbones. Doesn't that make them Death's heads (totenkopf), but not skulls and crossbones?--Kjoenth (talk) 05:07, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]