Michael Wittmann • Nicknames: Black Baron or Iron Tiger
Michael Wittmann was a German Waffen-SS tank commander during the Second World War. Wittmann would rise to the rank of SS-Hauptsturmführer (captain) and was a Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross holder.
Wittmann joined the Schutzstaffel (SS) on 1 November 1936 as a SS-Anwärter (SS-Nr. 311.623), was assigned to the 1st Sturm/92nd SS-Standarte in Ingolstadt, was transfered to the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT) on 1 April 1937 and was assigned to the 17th Company/Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler on 5 April 1937. On 1. March 1938 he joined the NSDAP (Mitgliedsnummer: 5,508,244), participated in the accession of Austria to National Socialist Germany on 13 March 1938 and the liberation of the Sudetenland on 1 October 1938.
He was credited with the destruction of 138 tanks and 132 anti-tank guns, along with an unknown number of other armoured vehicles, making him one of Germany’s top scoring panzer aces
Wittmann is most famous for his ambush of elements of the British 7th Armoured Division, during the Battle of Villers-Bocage on 13 June 1944. While in command of a single Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger he destroyed up to 14 tanks and 15 personnel carriers along with 2 anti-tank guns within the space of 15 minutes.
This is an accurate reproduction of the actual vintage photograph
Printed on high quality 200 gsm Lustre photo paper using archival inks
Actual Size : 4 x 6 inches (ca. 10 x 15 cm)
Photographs are posted in protected plastic sleeves and packed in hardbacked envelopes
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The Black Baron Michael Wittmann
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This is an accurate reproduction of the actual vintage photograph
Printed on high quality 200 gsm Lustre photo paper using archival inks
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