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Military insignia and epaulet tattoos are often used to signify criminal
accomplishments or some other aspect of a prisoner's history. Skulls generally designate murderers. The
crest in the drawing above refers to the White Guard--troops who fought against the Red Army in the
Russian Revolution--and can mean that a prisoner was a high ranking criminal or had some special status as
a criminal before their incarceration. The epaulet in the drawing below indicates that a prisoner has done
time in solitary confinement. Nazi imagery is very common. An SS insignia can indicate that a prisoner is
respected for never having confessed to anything.
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