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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
Wittmann, Michael |
| Date of birth: | April 22nd, 1914 (Vogelthal-Upper Palatinate/Bavaria, Germany)
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| Date of death: |
August 8th, 1944 (Gaumesnil/near Cintheaux/Normandy, France)
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| Buried on: |
German War Cemetery La Cambe |
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German |
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EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE
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Rank:
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SS-Unterscharführer (Junior Sergeant)
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Unit:
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Sturmgeschützabteilung / SS-Division "Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler"
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Awarded on:
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July 12th, 1941
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VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN SCHWARZ
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Rank:
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SS-Unterscharführer (Junior Sergeant)
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Unit:
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Sturmgeschützabteilung / SS-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"
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Awarded on:
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August 20th, 1941
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EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE
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Rank:
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SS-Unterscharführer (Junior Sergeant)
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Unit:
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Sturmgeschützabteilung / SS-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"
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Awarded on:
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September 8th, 1941
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PANZERKAMPFABZEICHEN (OHNE ZAHLEN)
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Rank:
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SS-Oberscharführer (Staff Sergeant)
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Unit:
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Sturmgeschützabteilung / SS-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"
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Awarded on:
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November 21st, 1941
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Action:
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After 25 "victims"
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Details:
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Silver version.
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RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
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Rank:
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SS-Untersturmführer (Second-lieutenant)
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Unit:
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Zugführer 13.(schwere) / SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"
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Awarded on:
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January 14th, 1944
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Details:
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2571st Award.
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RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB
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Rank:
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SS-Untersturmführer (Second-lieutenant)
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Unit:
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Zugführer 13.(schwere) / SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"
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Awarded on:
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January 30th, 1944
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Details:
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380st Award.
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RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB UND SCHWERTERN
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Rank:
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SS-Obersturmfuhrer (Lieutenant)
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Unit:
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Chef 2. / schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 501 / SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"
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Awarded on:
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June 22nd, 1944
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Details:
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71st Award.
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Provide alterations or additional information |
| Picture source: |
- Wilco Vermeer (portrait)
- Tessa de Jong (grave) |
| Information source(s): |
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Federl, C., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Panzerdivisionen 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, Germany, 2000
- Agte, P., Michael Wittmann and the Tiger Commanders of the Leibstandarte, J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing Inc., Winnipeg, Canada, 2005
- Levèvre, E., Panzers in Normandy - Then and Now, After the Battle 1983, Battle of Britain International Limited, London, England, 2002
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- Helden der Wehrmacht, Sammelband (Miscellany), FZ-Verlag GmbH, München, Deutschland, 2000
- Berger, F., Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern – Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges, Selbstverlag Florian Berger, Wien, Österreich, 2002/03
- Axis Biographical Research
- Lexikon-der-Wehrmacht.de
- Wikipedia.org
- Panzerace.net
- Achtungpanzer.com
- Waffenhq.de
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