WIKING 5th SS PANZER DIVISION RING SILVER

This is a German WWII silver ring of the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking.   Two piece construction. Red hot enamel.

Sterling silver .925

Sizes :

8 (18.2 mm)
9 ( 19.0 mm)
10 (19.9 mm)
10.5 ( 20.2 mm)
11 ( 20.6 mm )
11.5 (21.0 mm)
12 ( 21.4 mm)
12.5 (21.8 mm)
13 (22.2 mm) 

Note that due to the many sizes, your ring will be custom made for you and will take 1-2 weeks before shipping.

The 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking or SS Division Wiking was an infantry, and then later became an armoured Division, one among the thirty-eight Waffen-SS divisions of Nazi Germany.

It was recruited from foreign volunteers in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Iceland the Netherlands and Belgium under the command of German officers. The division served on the Eastern Front.

Heinrich Himmler wanted to expand the Waffen SS in 1939, with foreign military volunteers.  Enrollment began in April 1940.  Two regiments were created.  The Waffen SS Regiment Nordland, or Nordishe Division Nr 5, which included the Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and Icelandic volunteers, along with the Westland regiment which was for Dutch and Flemish volunteers.

This division was made up of both Germans who were transferred to this division and the volunteers recruited. By 1941 the name was changed to SS Division Wikings.

Command of the newly formed division was given to Felix Steiner, the former commander of the Verfügungstruppe SS Regiment Deutschland.

After formation, the division was sent to Heuberg in Germany for training and by April 1941, it was ready for combat. 

In May of 1941 the new division was ordered to the east to join the Army Group South’s advance into the Ukraine during Operation Barbossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, including battles at Rostov-on-Don, The battle of Kharkov and the second battle of Kharkov.

Also involved in Operation Uranus, Operation Citadel, Operation Kutuov and Operation Rumyantsev.

The 5^th Division eventually surrendered on 9 May 1945 to the American forces in Austria.