The office was also responsible for the SS seniority list (Dienstaltersliste), the granting of the SS-Ehrenring (SS Honour Ring) and Degen (SS Honour Sword), and also appointed members within the Allgemeine SS. The chief of the office was SS-Gruppenführer Walter Schmitt until 1942, followed by SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS Maximilian von Herff. The office was supervised closely by the Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler.[1][2][3]