Death's head explained

Death's Head, death's head, death's-head, Deathshead, or deathshead may refer to:

• Human skull, the head of the personification of Death
  • Skull and crossbones (symbol)
  • German: [[Totenkopf]] (German; erroneously translated as "death's head"), German military insignia
• Death's head cockroach (Blaberus craniifer), a species of cockroach
• Death's-head hawkmoth, the common name for three species of moth
• German: [[SS-Totenkopfverbände]], Nazi German military unit distinguished by a German: totenkopf insignia
• Death's Head, a robotic bounty hunter from Marvel Comics
• Death's Head (series), science fiction novels by David Gunn
• The official "death's head" insignia design of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club
• Wilhelm "Deathshead" Strasse, fictional SS member in the Wolfenstein franchise
• The Blood Beast Terror, also known as The Deathshead Vampire, a 1968 British horror film starring Peter Cushing
• "Deaths-Head Revisited", a Twilight Zone episode

See also

• Caput mortuum
• Human skull symbolism