Ok guys, I got this letter a while ago in the mail.. I just kept forgetting to post this. The date was Oct. 4, 2006.  We have no idea who this person is or how we are related to them.  This is the original letter.. The "____" is my last name, that way none of you rapists can come after me.

Herr __________

Ehemann meiner Großmutter  besaß diesen Ring.
Er ist forbitten zu eigenem oder anzeigt es hier.
Er würde sein Gedächtnis mit einem Familie Mitglied leben wünschen.
Sie sind die nähste Person.

_______ (the person that sent it, not including their name)

(Someone please translate, as online translators suck ass)

Also with the letter we got this ring:

 (sorry for the crappy quality, i was in a rush)

My dad also found this website that went with the ring. Kinda creepy.

http://seifukuwatch.kir.jp/english_no1.htm

The Totenkopfring der SS ring was not a National decoration and could not be earned per say. It was rather a gift from the Reichsf・rer to reward those senior officers who showed outstanding achievement, devotion to duty, and loyalty to the Fuhrer. Initially it was reserved for “old guard” officers whose membership number was under 5,000, but eligibility requirements relaxed to the point that by 1939, any officer with 3 years of duty was eligible. Besides the seniority requirement, officers had to have an impeccable dossier in order to be recommended for the ring. If the SS discipline code was broken after the presentation of the ring and the officer was demoted, suspended, or expelled from the SS, they were required to return the ring and the citation. A citation was presented with the ring and read as follows, I award you the SS Death’s Head Ring. The ring symbolizes our loyalty to the Fuehrer, our steadfast obedience and our brotherhood and comradeship. The Death’s Head reminds us that show be ready at any time to lay down our lives for the good of the Germanic people. The runes diametrically opposite the Death’s head are symbols from our past of the prosperity which we will restore through National Socialism. The two Sig-Tunes stand for the name of our SS. The swastika and the Hagall-Rune represent our unshakable faith in the ultimate victory of our philosophy. The ring is wreathed in oak, the traditional German leaf. The Death’s Head Ring cannot be bought of sold, and must never fall into the hands of those not entitled to wear it. When you leave the SS, or when you die, the ring must be returned to the Reichsf・rer-SS. The unauthorized acquisition of duplicates of the ring is forbidden and punishable by law.

Accordingly, if a holder was killed in combat, the ring was removed from his person and was handed to the unit commander, who would arrange for it to reach the castle via the SS Personalhauptamt. The rings of fallen SS officers made up the Schrein des Inhabers des Totenkopfringes (Shrine to the holders of the Deaths’ Head Ring), and were cared for with the due respect and reverence. On October 17th, 1944, as a result of the hardships of war, the Reichsfuerer-SS canceled manufacture and presentation of the ring for the duration of the conflict. Official SS statistics show that during its 10 year life, approximately 14,500 rings were presented. By January 1st, 1945, 64 percent had been returned to the shrine, 26 percent were in the procession of their holders, and 10 percent had been lost in the battlefield. This means that a little over 3,500 rings were in circulation outside the shrine at the end of the war. In the Spring of 1945, with the Wehrmacht in full retreat, Himmler ordered that the rings cared for in the Shrine be blast sealed into the side of a mountain near Wewelsburg, in order to prevent their capture by the Allies. To this day, they remain undiscovered.

So thats pretty cool, my family possesses one of 3500 rings that we aren't allowed to have.

We have tryed online translators, and what we got was.. The person sent the ring to keep it in circulation with family. and we are the closest people (family wise). we also figured out its forbidden by law to show it or possess it in Germany? So help us translate it Lady or Muffman. lol. thanks

 you'll never know

"Er ist forbitten zu eigenem oder anzeigt es hier." Proof it's bullshit. The german word for forbidden is verboten.

i took the picture, thats why its blurry =P

You guys are idiots. The ring is obviously the last remaining relic of the Dark Lord of the Undead. You're the one the fates have chosen to end his resurrection and destroy him once and for all, liberating the thousands of souls he had taken in his two-hundred-year reign, allowing them to ascend to heaven, where they've been trying to escape to for a million years. You must wear the ring and let destiny guide you from there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totenkopf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_SS_Division_Totenkopf

fuck all nazis. i'd melt the ring down and then sell the metal and donate whatever you got for it to the nearest Holocaust museum. then I would figure out whoever sent the ring and smash their nazi face in.

I disagree. Its a very important and valuable piece of history. Smashing it up is exactly what the Holocaust museum would NOT want you to do. In order for people to learn from the mistakes of the past, one must preserve the history in order to learn from it. Smashing the ring would accomplish absolutely nothing except ruin a fascinating piece of Nazi history.

The Letter translated:
The man my grandmother married possessed this ring. He is forbidden to own or show it here (germany). He would wish its memory to live on with a family member. They are the next person.



To Dragon, if you don't want to keep the ring, talk to me. I'll buy it.