Awarded to Michael Wittmann on 22nd June 1944 as SS-Obersturmführer and Tiger I Commander/Commanding Officer of 1. (schwere) SS Panzer Abteilung 501, 1. SS Panzer Korps Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, Normandy, following the single-handed destruction of a total of twenty-seven tanks and assorted vehicles in and around the village of Villers-Bocage. Instituted on the day … Continue reading Das Ritterkreuz des Eisernes Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwerter (The Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oakleaves and Swords)