Over a year ago, Adidas blocked personalisation of German football team shirts with the number 44 following controversy caused by the design of the number; it bore a resemblance to an SS Nazi symbol - ...

But fans quickly noticed an uncomfortable issue: the jersey’s font made the number 44 look like the infamous Nazi SS lighting bolt insignia.

The design for the number four on Germany's national team shirts will be changed over concerns that the number '44' resembled the symbol used by Nazi 'SS' units, the German Football Association ...

Customers realized the stylization of the number 44 resembled the infamous Nazi SS lightning bolt symbol.

The German soccer federation and Adidas have stopped the sale of Germany jerseys with the number 44 because of a resemblance to the logo of the Nazi Party's notorious SS paramilitary units.

The German Football Association is working to redesign soccer jerseys with numbers resembling the lightning-like logo worn by Adolf Hitler’s SS.

Adidas has barred German fans from customizing soccer jerseys with the number 44 after concerns that the figures resembled the World War II-era Nazi SS symbol.

Germany's soccer federation is redesigning its national team's Adidas jerseys after claims that the kits' No. 44 numbering looked similar to a Nazi symbol. The German soccer federation (DFB ...