Michael Wittman's awards at the SOS

[Adrian]

Are you trying to say one of the highest scoring tank aces ever in ww2 was never awarded a numbered pab? crap... complete crap, excuse my language but he was on the russian front, normandy and i imagine alot of other places, destroyed so many tanks, was in so many engagements, and you say he only gets the basic pab? hmm id need to see some proof of that to be honest, but thats just me

Regards

James M

Hi James,
The photos of Wittmann on the gun mantle of his Tiger shows him wearing a bog standard PAB and as far as anybody knows he never got a numbered version no matter how absurd it seems......

[DemolitionMan]

I´m researching the holders of the graded PABs currently, putting together a list. I heard and read that there was some kind of "issue" with members of the Heavy SS 101 Tank Battalion not being awarded numbered PABs until late 1944. I totally agree that Wittmann was elligible for at least the "50" PAB, if not even the "75" or "100". But consider this: Oberst d.R. Franz Bäke was awarded the PAB "100" in April ´44, along with the swords to the KC. So they were handed out. Yet there is not a word to be found about Wittmann being presented a numbered PAB along with his swords. The photo where he is posing on his Tiger was taken in May, and it clearly shows him wearing only the plain silver PAB. I don´t know why he wasn´t awarded a numbered PAB. But I found no proof of any kind that he ever received a higher grade, as strange as it is.

[andrewb]

I am going to see Stephen Wolfe next week to hopefully buy something juicy
so I will ask about wittman's awards and if he has them then MAYBE just MAYBE I'll be allowed to take some photos. W&H don't usually let photos be taken.

Regards,
AB.

[andrewb]

OK guys, here is the link to wittmans awards which I took yesterday at W&H.


http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...80#post2505380

Regards,
AB.