The SS-Ehrenring (German for "SS honour ring"), unofficially called Totenkopfring (" Death's Head ring" or " skull ring"), was an award of the Schutzstaffel (SS). The ring was not a state …

Karl Maria Wiligut has been credited with the design. The SS totenkopfring shows skull and crossed bones, crossing behind the skull - the SS symbol - on its top. The skull (or Totenkopf) …

The Death's Head Ring became so sought-after an honour that many SS and police men not entitled to wear it had a variety of unofficial 'skull rings' produced in gold and silver by local …

The rings, also called Totenkopfrings [Death’s head rings], were engraved with Himmler 's name and were a highly prized award for SS officers. The SS (Schutztaffel; Protection Squadron)...

The SS Honor Ring (Der SS-Totenkopfring or SS-Ehrenring) was instituted at the personal behest of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler and was awarded for outstanding achievement and loyalty.

Designed by Karl Maria Wiligut - Weisthor [1866-1946] in the early 1920's, this ring would become one of the highest honors bestowed upon a man of the elite SS.

During World War II virtually the entire SS leadership, including the Waffen-SS and Gestapo, had a ring. The unofficial name of the ring is "Totenkopf" or "death's head ring". Heinrich Himmler …

Iconic as it was infamous, The Ehrenring was a highly sought and coveted award of Heinrich Himmler's Schutzstaffel (SS). Known as "The Death's Head" Ring, it's Symbolism - The Toten …

The ring shows the SS skull and crossed bones on the front. The skull or Totenkopf was the symbol of the SS, taken from other German and Prussian military units of the past. Runes …