Awarded to Michael Wittmann on 14th January 1944 as SS-Untersturmführer and Tiger I/platoon Commander, 13. (schwere) Kompanie, SS Panzer Regiment 1, 1. SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, Eastern Front, for exceptional bravery in the face of the enemy and for the destruction of 88 enemy tanks. Slightly larger in size but similar in … Continue reading Das Ritterkreuz des Eisernes Kreuzes (The Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross)