Description

SS Ring Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler

1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler ring

Silver and enamel.
Engraved H. Himmler inside band.
Das Reich on back of band, RZM makers mark, marked 800, engraved H. Himmler inside band
Ring Size USA and mm : 12,5 (21,8mm)

The 1st SS Panzer Division “Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler”, short LSSAH, (German: 1. SS-Panzerdivision “Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler”)^[1] began as Adolf Hitler‘s personal bodyguard, responsible for guarding the Führer’s person, offices, and residences. Initially the size of a regiment, the LSSAH eventually grew into an elite division-sized unit during World War II.

The LSSAH participated in combat during the invasion of Poland, and was amalgamated into the Waffen-SS together with the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT) and the combat units of the SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV) prior to Operation Barbarossa in 1941. By mid-1942 it had been increased in size from a regiment to a Panzergrenadier division and was designated SS Panzergrenadier Division “Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler”. It received its final form as a Panzer division in October 1943.

Members of the LSSAH perpetrated numerous atrocities and war crimes, including the Malmedy massacre. They killed an estimated 5,000 prisoners of war in the period 1940–1945, mostly on the Eastern Front.^[2]

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