re: Alabama Nation Guard SF soldier in hot water over “Nazi” patch

In WW2 regular German army (wehrmacht) panzer troops used a skull and crossbones device in their caps and lapels:



Towards the end of the war they started to ditch those collar and cap devices because if they got captured they didn't want people to think that they were SS troops and therefore get treated differently from regular POW's

In the rock video "rag doll" by Aerosmith the lead guitarist Joe Perry has a t-shirt on that has a SS skull on crossbones on it I can't read out what it says around it but I'm sure he was not aware of what he was wearing.