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Hi all, are there any clear pictures at all of a HR worn by an SS soldier? Where one can see which way they wore them? :-)
I THINK they were supposed to be worn facing the wearer, so upside-down in a way. Elsewhere I read the skull was facing the wearer inwards, so it was on the palm side of the hand... though I kinda doubt that story...
My guess would be 'upside-down', so when you look at the back of your hand the Skull looks at YOU, not the other person.
And that was apparently because in a way it is a 'Memento Mori' ring: reminding of death, or in the case of the Ehrenring to remind of the readiness to sacrifice one's own life for the good of the cause...
Is that about right? :-o
I don't remember where, but I'm sure I read somewhere the Ehrenringe were supposed to be worn 'facing the wearer', and I would guess that many other TK rings were worn that way for that reason... But that's just my guess, anyways... :-)
Maybe Gaspare and military Nut can shed some light on this.. Specifically: is there any documentation? Pics, documents, that speak of this?
Thanks, Mark
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Here few photos
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As you can see Reinhard Heydrich wore 'facing the wearer' with wedding ring
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Photo of LSSAH veteran from 1979
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Also'facing the wearer' photo
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hi mark do you own don boyles ss ring book on page 115 is the conditions of the wearing of the ss honor ring don states every ss member who has been awarded the death head ring is obligated to all ways wear it on the ring finger of the left hand i also believe the skull is surposly worn with the skull faceing you hope this helps you if i can further intrest you on dons book i sell them e mail me at [email protected] thanks for your intrest andy militarynut
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There's a theory that heydrich made a slight modification to the facts Andy just stated, as kind of a power thing with himmler. But andys quoted don exactly- that was the rule. Of course these rings were all supposed to be returned to wewelsburg too for destruction but u see what happened there...😋
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Wow OK cool, hey thanks for all the awesome pics and replies, very cool! That sheds some light on it... Mark
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hi guys Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich who would question him as to what hand he should wear his ss honor ring heydrich had large bronze balls and got away with it just like when himmler questined sepp dietrich about wearing an army eagle on his ss visor hat he surposbly told himmler hey i like it if you look at any pictures of sepp there it is a army eagle on a l.s.a.h. on sepps ss visor best andy militarynut
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Cool background stories here... :-)
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I always thought it was, left hand facing outward.
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Yes, and facing the wearer...
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