Grimminger in the SS
25.02.1926 SS-Mann 
00.09.1926 SS-Scharführer 
00.03.1929 SS-Truppführer 
17.07.1931 SS-Sturmführer 
31.07.1933 SS-Obersturmführer 
15.11.1933 SS-Sturmhauptführer
20.04.1935 SS-Sturmbannführer 
13.09.1936 SS-Obersturmbannführer 
13.04.1943 SS-Standartenführer 



Jakob Grimminger

Jakob Grimminger, official bearer of the Nazi Party's ceremonial "Blood Banner", as SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer (? late 1930s?).  Note the Iron Cross and Bavarian medals on medal bar.  He is also wearing what can probably be counted as the three highest Party decorations - on the right breast, the Ribbon and Medal of the Blood Order (of which, as a participant in the "Beer Hall Putsch", he was an "original issue" recipient) and, on the left, the NSDAP Badge in Gold, and the Coburg Badge.  The last was an award made to members of the Party old guard who had taken part in the riot provoked by then-virtually unknown Hitler in the (then) Socialist/Communist town of Coburg in 1922, which resulted in a major political publicity coup for the then-tiny Nazi movement.  The legend on the badge reads "With Hitler in Coburg, 1922".  His Fuhrer obviously liked him ... Best regards, JR.

Jakob Grimminger carries the Blutfahne.

You vant tanks ve vill give you tanks.
Albert Speer gives Hitler a tour of what is to come.
1942?