SS honor ring. 1936.

[AndyRose]

Hi, I have this ring that was passed on from my dad, and I am wanting to get it valued/authenticated/and then sold.
After doing a bit of research on here, I have sent an email to Don Boyle at honorringman@verizon.net, but haven’t heard anything back yet.
I have also emailed info@Ulricofengland.com last night.
I am in England so someone/somewhere in England would be easier.
This ring was given to my dad in Klagenfurt, in Austria in 1947. My dad was 25 and waiting to be demobbed. He was in the R.E.M.E.(Royal electrical mechanical engineers). It was given to him by a lady older than himself, who was Austrian, and she was called Almeyer Ludmiller. Ludmiller being her first name. She was about 35 years old.
She said her husband had been taken by the Russians.
We don’t know if the ring was truly his or someone else’s.
The ring inside says J (possibly a J or an S?) lb. Wolferseder. 7.3.36. H.Himmler.

[Willmore]

Hello Andy, as I mentioned in your introduction post, we do not do monetary valuations, but are happy to help with authentication.

Can you get a picture of or confirm the name inside the ring is Wolferseder'. I see a date of 7.3.1936 and the possible initials as I or S then U or N.

Kind regards,

Will.

[AndyRose]

Hi Will
Yes I think it looks like S,J or I followed by .lb.Wolferseder. Updated photos attached

[Adrian]

First point to check would be the date.
7th March 1936 wasn't an official decreed date to my knowledge?
I thought there were only four approved dates going forward from 1936?
Hitler's birthday 20th April.
Summer Solstice 21st June.
Anniversary of the Putsch 9th November.
Winter Solstice 21st December.

Is the skull a separate piece? Can you post a front on clear photo of it?

[baerchen]

Side note, the name of the Austrian Lady was likely Ludmilla Almeyer.

The text engraved usually started with S. lb.
I believe the 7-MAR-1936 was an official date to award the ring.

EDIT again: Wolferseder is a listed member of the Wiking Division:

August WOLFERSEDER SS-Nr.252 387 geb.11.01.1905 gest. 28.07.1990
SS-Hauptsturmführer: 30.01.1937; Stubaf.: 30.01.1942; SS-Sturmbannführer der Waffen-SS: 30.01.1942
served with Deutschland and in 1938 served with the 15.Kompanie/SS-Standarte 3 / Verfugungstruppe.
Kdr. Kradschützen Kompanie / SS-Verfügungsdivision: till 01.05.1938
SS-Hstuf., T.F.K. I in SS - Artillerie-Regiment d. SS - Verfügungstruppe – Division (09.40)
In 1941 transferred to the 5.SS-Panzer Division WIKING where he served with the I. Abteilung /SS-Artillerie Regt.
SS-Divisions-Nachschubführer 5 ← A.R. 5 (PV 12, 12.3.41)
Kdr. Nachsch.SS-Pz.Gr.Div. “Wiking” (10.43)
SA-Sports Badge in Gold
verh. mit AUGUSTE; geb. 24.09.1907; gest. 24.11.1976.

His SS number was quite low and this would qualify him for the ring, if I am correct ? But he died in 1990....

Happy to be corrected and learn.

[Willmore]

Hi Will
Yes I think it looks like S,J or I followed by .lb.Wolferseder. Updated photos attached

Thanks Andy.

[Peeloo]

Hello AndyRose, I found this in the 1935 and 1936 SS namelist, A person named August Wolferseder, in 1935 he did not have an SS ring next to his name, but in the 1936 list, he already did and served in the SS Germania, I am attaching the pictures.
Personally, since the date 3/7/1936 is written on the inside of the ring, I think it is conceivable that the ring could have belonged to him.



Regards,
Peeloo



"A good priest studies until death!"

[Peeloo]

"Side note, the name of the Austrian Lady was likely Ludmilla Almeyer.

The text engraved usually started with S. lb.
I believe the 7-MAR-1936 was an official date to award the ring.

EDIT again: Wolferseder is a listed member of the Wiking Division:

August WOLFERSEDER SS-Nr.252 387 geb.11.01.1905 gest. 28.07.1990
SS-Hauptsturmführer: 30.01.1937; Stubaf.: 30.01.1942; SS-Sturmbannführer der Waffen-SS: 30.01.1942
served with Deutschland and in 1938 served with the 15.Kompanie/SS-Standarte 3 / Verfugungstruppe.
Kdr. Kradschützen Kompanie / SS-Verfügungsdivision: till 01.05.1938
SS-Hstuf., T.F.K. I in SS - Artillerie-Regiment d. SS - Verfügungstruppe – Division (09.40)
In 1941 transferred to the 5.SS-Panzer Division WIKING where he served with the I. Abteilung /SS-Artillerie Regt.
SS-Divisions-Nachschubführer 5 ← A.R. 5 (PV 12, 12.3.41)
Kdr. Nachsch.SS-Pz.Gr.Div. “Wiking” (10.43)
SA-Sports Badge in Gold
verh. mit AUGUSTE; geb. 24.09.1907; gest. 24.11.1976.

His SS number was quite low and this would qualify him for the ring, if I am correct ? But he died in 1990....

Happy to be corrected and learn."

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Hello baerchen, you may be right, I think so too.

Regards,
Peeloo

[Tim030]

7 March 1936 was official date. It regarded the annexation of the Rhineland.

Tim

[Finngaill]

Another ring with a same date:




Could you take close up photos from engraving?