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RING-010-26953 – SS HONOR RING

This SS Honor Ring is in outstanding condition with all runic symbols still being visible throughout the ring. The skull is in excellent condition, with slight traces of the teeth being visible as well as the separation area at the nose. The skull bones also show good detail. The other runic symbols throughout are all there, to even include the symbol at the bottom, being the arrow with SS runes. (This symbol is usually almost always worn through.) The inside of the ring has the dedication “S.lb Zillmer 21.6.44 h.Himmler”. Obviously, this ring was presented on the summer solstice of June 21, 1944 by Himmler to Zillmer “in admiration.” This ring comes with a certification certificate from Don Boyle dated 26 September 1996. The recipient of the ring “ss-Hauptsturmführer Carl Zillmer” has been extensively researched. The ring comes with a dossier compiled by the outstanding researcher Robert McDivitt. The dossier comes with lots of papers, including Zillmer’s application to the SS, some of his promotion documents and letters from SS personnel. Just to highlight this man’s career, Zillmer was assigned to the Signals branch of SS/Totenkopf where he served from January 1941 to March 1941. This was in the “School of Oranienburg”. Later, he was transferred to the Signals Division in Oslo, Norway. Later, he served with the Mountain Division Nord until August 1944. After this, he was assigned to Nürnberg and later he was assigned to the “SS Korps Nachrichten” where he served until July 1944. After this, he was assigned to the Reichsführer-SS office. He has quite a few awards, including the SS Julleuchter, the Sports award for the SA in bronze, the Iron Cross 2nd Class, the Winter in Moscow, the 2nd Class War Merit Cross with Swords and a 1st Class War Merit cross. This dossier covers much more, but we will leave this to the fun of the next owner. This is an outstanding SS ring and is 100% genuine. It should grow in value in the future, as all original SS items have seemed to do. An excellent condition ring here which could be the beginning of a great display in your hobby room.Ring size #10. Excellent Plus Plus. $11,995.00

RING-011-25356 – SS Honor Ring

This SS Honor ring is of a very small size. In fact, it will not fit on my little finger, and although I am fat, I am not a big man. The original owner of this ring, “SS-HauptsturmfÜhrer Heinz Leidecker”, must have been a small man. The ring has an excellent visible joining seam at the center, beneath the skull. The reason for this is, the smallness of the ring made it difficult to form it in a perfect round circle, so the joining line shows more so, than on larger made rings. The skull is nicely positioned centered over the ring. The detail is still there to the eyes, nose, and sidebones. There is still most of the teeth showing in the leering smile. The triangular shaped runes, next to the skull, are in good condition. The oak leafing below these runes, on both sides, is beginning to show wear. The asterisk style rune, on the left side, is still very discernable, whereas the swastika rune on the right side is worn at the bottom leg, and a little bit on the 9 o’clock leg. After this point, there is quite a bit of wear, and it is difficult to discern the bottom rune. (This is the rune which is circular, and has the SS signs in it, along with an arrow sign.) The inside details of the dedication are still very prominent. They are, ”S.lb.Leidecker 7.3.36. H. Himmler”. The dedication almost takes up the whole space of the inner ring, with the Himmler signature terminating just short of the center line. Because of the smallness of this ring, and the intricacies resultantly involved, there is no question this is an original example. (The next buyer, though, can certainly contact Mr. Boyle, if a certification is desired, as I am sure there will be no problem with Don attesting to the originality of this ring.) I looked up this officer in my SS list, and I find him on the 1935-1936 and 1938 list. As of 1938 he held the rank of SS HauptsturmfÜhrer and was assigned to the staff at Abschnitte XI. This Abschnitte was based in Koblenz. Accompanying this ring is a reel of microfilm, which represents the research on this man’s career. Unfortunately, I do not have any way to read this microfilm, so I can’t tell you anymore than that I can learn myself from my SS list. I note with interest, though, that it is unusual that a ring would be presented on the 7th of March, 1936. Not all rings were presented on the four times a year, that most were done. This ring is obviously an exception. This is a great chance to own an original SS Honor ring. Because of its smallness, and the amount of wear to the surfaces, this ring is priced reasonably. I would be interested in learning about further developments in this man’s career, if the next owner can interpret the microfilm. Guaranteed, original SS Honor Ring Excellent, Plus $7,500.00