PHOTO 4x6 HIGH QUALITY REPRODUCTION ON FUJIFILM PHOTO PAPER ACTUAL PIC DOES NOT HAVE THE LINES DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS $2.00 FOR FIRST LOT $1.00 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL LOT. ACCEPT PAYPAL MONEY ORDER CASH AT YOUR RISK Michael Wittmann (April 22, 1914 - August 8, 1944) was a SS-Hauptsturmführer (SS-Captain) in Schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101 during World War II, and one of the most successful tank commanders in history. He is famous for his June 13, 1944, ambush of elements of the British 7th Armoured Division at the Battle of Villers-Bocage in a Tiger tank. His death has also presented a mystery to historians on which no clear consensus has been reached.Wittmann's unit, the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH), distinguished itself for the first time in the capture of the Greek capital, and formed the spearhead alongside the 9th Panzer division which punched though the Greek countryside. After only 3 weeks of campaigning Nazi Germany added the Balkans to its ever growing list of possessions. Wittmann and his unit were sent to Czechoslovakia for a refit. The rest would not last long, however, as Wittmann's unit was soon dispatched to the Eastern Front to participate in the invasion of the Soviet Union. He initially served as a crew commander of the StuG III assault gun and it was using this weapon that Wittmann was to become an expert in the art of armoured warfare. He was assigned for officer training as well as training in tanks in the winter of 1942-43.The number of enemy vehicle kills achieved by crews under Wittmann's command has never been surpassed. Wittman's crews (chiefly gunner Balthasar "Bobby" Woll, also a Knight's Cross holder) are known to have destroyed at least 138 tanks and 141 artillery pieces, along with an unknown number of other armoured vehicles. At the time of his death he held many decorations, including: * Swords to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross * Oakleaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross * Iron Cross, First Class * Iron Cross, Second Class * Tank Battle Badge He is buried in the graveyard of "La Cambe" in France.

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