German armies used the Skull & Cross bones many times. In the image above we see the Totenkopf, a German word for the deathmanÂ´s head. This is an old symbol of momenti mori. It consists usually of the skull and the mandible of the human skeleton.
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This Little-Known Pension Rule May Slash Your Social Security Benefit. Mark Miller / Reuters. Updated: Apr 22, 2015 6:57 PM ET | Originally published: Apr 16, 2015. Some U.S. workers who have paid into the Social Security system are in for a rude awakening when the checks start coming: Their benefits could be chopped up to $413 per month.