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Here is a photo of a Ju52. My father was in Germany in the mid late 1930's and we found this photo. He was flown from Frankfurt to Vienna on this flight. Also is attached a photo of his group having a break, the building they are next to are the Graff Zeppelin sheds where the Hindenburg was hangered. There are no photos but he did tell me that the group were shown over the Airship.

 
Wojtek, I was trying (not too hard though) to find the exact emblem from the 30's used on the B-10s, as seen in the photos. There are dozens of variations of the "Headsman", many are real patches fоr leather-jackets:




Some are sketches or drawings from different sites. None is like the one with the wide belt, as you mentioned. I'm sure now I don't have any better zoom-in than the photo you posted but it's really hard to figure all the details resp. the exact contours of the man, the axe etc. from that photo only.
Thank you again for your input!
 


That's true. I have found the same while browsing the net sources. IMHO these seen above could have been later variations. The exception is the second pic you attached. Quite similar to I mean that one below ... anyway, although the enlarged shot is blurry the shape and colours may be noticed quite well.



 
As of 1995, this was still the official emblem of an active duty USAF unit, then known as the 25th Training Squadron. The lineage goes back to the 25th Aero squadron of 1917 (and actually to the very brief life of the 20th Aero Squadron, 1917). I was in this unit in 1991-1995. Here is the USAF official description of the emblem and significance (quoted from the official history of the 25th Training Squadron):

On a disc white, outline black, a caricatured executioner, face and hands golden yellow, suit and mask black, belt and nose red, collar white, swinging an axe with four notches in the blade, the handle red and the head steel gray, stained with red dripping.
Significance: The Executioner was adopted by the squadron in 1917. The notches represent the number of enemy aircraft credited to each individual pilot while with the British Air Forces.

Approved: 15 Mar 1954 from World War I emblem.

The attached photo is of a wall-hanging created for the squadron sometime in the 1990s
 

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