AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
By International Autograph Auctions
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Apr 7, 2022
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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Sold for: €500
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Estimated price :
€500 - €600
Buyer's Premium: 25.5%
VAT: 17%
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WITTMANN MICHAEL: (1914-1944) German SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer of World War II, Knight's Cross winner with Oak Leaves and Swords. A noted tank commander who became something of a cult figure after the war, Wittmann is known for his ambush of elements of the British 7th Armoured Division during the Battle of Villers-Bocage, 1944. An extremely rare dark fountain pen ink signature ('Wittmann') on a very small oblong 12mo piece, evidently neatly clipped from an official document. Lightly mounted to the base of an A4 sheet of paper featuring a reproduction image of Beck in a head and shoulders pose wearing his uniform and Knight's Cross. Autographs of Wittmann are extremely rare in any form as a result of his death at the age of 30 during combat in Operation Totalize, August 1944. VG
