Wittmann - Panzer Ace
by Richard Taylor
| Up to 30 Panzer veteran signatures inc. Michael Wittmann |
| SS-Hauptsturmführer Michael Wittmann, commander of Kompanie 2, SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101, during a short respite with the crew of his Tiger tank close to the frontline in Normandy, June 1944. Arguably the most successful tank commander of World War II was SS-Hauptsturmführer Michael Wittmann. A veteran of Kursk and the bitter fighting on the Eastern Front, in January 1944 Hitler had personally awarded him with Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross after destroying 117 enemy tanks. By June 1944 his skills as a tank commander had brought him and the Tigers of Kompanie 2, SS Heavy Panzer Group 101 to Normandy. It was here in the village of Villers-Bocage on 13 June 1944 that Wittmann ambushed elements of the British 7th Armoured Division, in the process destroying fourteen tanks, fifteen personnel carriers and two anti-tank guns within the space of 15 minutes. The action gained him the award of Swords to his Knight's Cross and Oak Leaves. His success, however, was short-lived. On 8 August it was Wittmann's turn to be ambushed in an apple orchard near Caen, his Tiger destroyed by a bulls-eye hit from a British Sherman Firefly. There were no survivors. Richard's detailed drawing has been faithfully reproduced on fine art paper which had previously been personally signed by a staggering twenty eight German WWII Panzer veterans. Each Collector’s edition print is then mounted to full conservation standards to include a
museum-quality reproduction Panzer Badge. |
| Overall size: 22" x 14½" | Available in the following editions | Image size: 6" x 8½" |
| 12 | Collectors edition | Signed by 28 German WWII Panzer veterans | $2795 |
| 8 | Veteran's edition | As above plus the matted signatures of Michael Wittmann & 'Bobby' Woll | $4195 |
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| Collector's edition | Veteran's edition |
| The signatures | |
| SS-Hauptsturmführer MICHAEL WITTMANN - Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves & Swords - (Veteran's edition only) * | |
| SS-Rottenführer BALTHASAR 'BOBBY' WOLL - Knight's Cross - (Veteran's edition only) * | |
| Oberwachtmeister WILLI BACHOR - Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves & Swords | |
| Leutnant LÜDWIG BAUER - Knight's Cross | |
| Major WERNER FREIHERR von BESCHWITZ - Knight's Cross | |
| Oberfähnrich FRITZ BIRNBAUM - Knight's Cross | |
| Untersturmführer KARL BROMMANN - Knight's Cross | |
| Oberleutnant OTTO CARIUS - Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves | |
| Obersturmbannführer FRITZ DARGES - Knight's Cross | |
| Obersturmführer PAUL EGGER - Knight's Cross | |
| Hauptmann GERHARD FISCHER - Knight's Cross | |
| Oberscharführer GERHARD FISCHER - Knight's Cross | |
| Generaloberst HEINZ GUDERIAN - Knight's Cross | |
| Hauptsturmführer WILLI HEIN - Knight's Cross | |
| Major CLEMENS von KAGENECK - Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves | |
| Obersturmbannführer PAUL ALBERT KAUSCH - Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves | |
| Oberfeldwebel ALBERT KERSCHER - Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves | |
| Oberleutnant ERWIN KRESSMAN - Knight's Cross | |
| Oberstleutnant NORBERT KUJACINSKI - Knight's Cross | |
| Generalmajor OTTO KUMM - Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves & Swords | |
| Hauptsturmführer KARL HEINZ LICHTE - Knight's Cross | |
| Hauptmann HANNIBAL von LÜTTICHAU und BÄRENSTEIN - Knight's Cross | |
| Major KUNO von MEYER - Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves | |
| Oberscharführer RICHARD RUDOLF - Knight's Cross | |
| Untersturmführer OSKAR SCHÄFER - Knight's Cross | |
| Major FRITZ-RUDOLF SCHULTZ - Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves | |
| Hauptsturmführer HANS SIEGEL - Knight's Cross | |
| Oberleutnant WILHELM WEIDENBRÜCK - Knight's Cross | |
| Hauptmann ERICH WEISE - Knight's Cross War Merit | |
| Major ALFRED WOLF - Knight's Cross | |
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