Germany, SS. A Rare Wartime Signed Photo of Panzer Ace Michael Wittmann Hold with a field-grey reverse strap

with a field-grey reverse strap

the Impetigo or the gun shot wound to his neck

the reverse inscribed “Verdienst um den Staat” (German - Merit for the State) within a laurel wreath tied together at the base via a ribbon

center appliqu in Gold and enamels

a patch in peanut brown wool and bearing the number "21" in dark brown embroidery sewn in place on the front just above the opening

Germany, SS. A Rare Wartime Signed Photo of Panzer Ace Michael Wittmann Hold with a field-grey reverse strap(Waffen SS Panzerheld Foto mit Unterschrift). A rare wartime signed photo of Waffen SS Panzer ace and Hauptsturmfhrer Michael Wittmann (Knights Cross of the Iron Cross, 14 January 1944; with Oak Leaves, 30 January 1944; and Swords, 22 June 1944), featuring a widely reproduced image of Wittmann wearing a crusher style visor cap and wool field jacket, with the Knights Cross protruding from his collar, the lower half of the image overlaid by his