This is likely a naive question, but I was under the impression that there is a list somewhere of SSHR recipients and the date when the ring was awarded. If so, wouldn't this Thym guy and the date of his ring award be listed there? If he existed and if his SSHR was awarded in 1944, as noted by Antonio, that kills this ring straight away.
You are correct. There are Dienstalterslisten der SS available and that would include ring award date. Someone on the forum should have access ot this info and hopefully will post it.
