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Howdy fellas,

I'm always looking/exploring the net/books on SA daggers and I found two interesting articles (in German) on the net (other forum). I thought I'd share this with y'all.

Here is the translation of the article:

How the SA-civilian insignia came to be. (From an illustrated report in the magazine "Der SA-Mann", no. 15/1936.) Originating from an idea contest announced in 1929 by the then-Supreme SA Command, the SA civilian insignia was created from the so-called Siegrune - the ancient Germanic symbol for lightning - combined with a second component, the so-called Mannrune, the rune for the "me". These symbols - the symbol for the sparking word, with which the enemies of the idea are hit and the symbol of the upright, indomitable man - were connected by a ring (unity of these two ideas). The arrangement of the runes was done in such a way that the two letters S and A are recognizable in them. Later on, the addition of a tick made the A even more clearly recognizable. The design was a joint submission by Standartenf�hrer Hans Z�berlin (author of the book "Der Glaube an Deutschland") and the now-commander of Sturmbann II of Standarte "List", Munich, Obersturmbannf�hrer Max Zankl."

The other article explains the design/drawing of the SA logo.
I found it quite fascinating the history behind the SA logo and that the meaning of it is not only an abbreviation of the word Sturmabteilung.

enjoy the history!

Cheers,

PF