Knight's Cross With Oakleaves
- Michael Wittmann, Untersturmführer 13 (Heavy) Company, 1 SS Panzer Regiment, 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, 30 January 1944
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Ten leagues beyond the wide world’s end:
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