From the Nazi exposed web page;
“The Sig Rune also know as the Siegel rune, is an ancient symbol which symbolize the Goddess of Victory. It is the most common and widely recognizable SS unit insignia. The SS Sig Runes design was created in 1931 when Walter Heck, A Sturmfuhrer in the SS, drew two Sig Runes side by side and noticed the similarity to the initials of the SS. For 2.5 Reichsmarks, Heck sold the right of the Sig Runes to the SS and the runes were quickly adopted as the insignia of the Schutzstaffel and became one of the most common used forms of SS unit insignia. Today this symbol is still being frequently used by neo-Nazis.
The SS was a large paramilitary organization which was organized and controlled by the Nazi party. The SS was regarded as an elite unit, where all personnel were selected on racial and ideological grounds. This group distinguished from other German military branches in the military. Nazi party and German state, by their own ranks, insignia and uniforms.
The SS were divided in several branches, a fighting unit called Waffen-SS were notorious for their participation in enforcing Nazi policies which often constituted war crimes and crimes against humanity. Other departments within the SS were Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Security Head Office), the Gestapo, Sicherheitsdienst (SD), Einsatzgruppen, and the Concentration Camp service known as the SS-Totenkopfverbande (SS-TV). “
To those who asked questions and posted their thoughts on this forum I would like to answer them with my own experiences of what happened with this post on my part. I stated earlier that I was aware there was always curiosity and criticism. I have had a couple of eye openers with this post that I had never thought of. I will go over them and with explanations I have uncovered checking out the questions that went through my mind as they came about. Understand that I play no part of being and expert. I am a collector and I find out just like others by living and learning.
The article above states the design was created in 1931 and notes many other departments within the SS. It would seem possible that it had variation with this many different groups along the way and it was in the years of the Art Deco period so this might be an explanation for this particular design. I had never looked at a SS emblem closely but now notice there is slight differences about them and their usage.