That fact that a local artist was paid 2.5 Reichmarks to make up the SS sympbol based on them (Ger and Eif) is not new news, but has been known for years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runic_insignia_of_the_Schutzstaffel
Since my father was French, as a kid every time I saw “Monte Carlo SS” on a car, I kept thinking of Provencals in black uniforms.