Karl Brommann – schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 503 (King Tiger & Battle of Berlin!)

Original Postwar Signature on a Postwar Photo of Karl Brommann. SS-Untersturmführer Karl Brommann (20.07.1920 in Neumünster † 30.06.2011 in Dithmarschen) earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on April 29, 1945 as SS-Untersturmführer and Führer of the 1. Kompanie/ schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 503. Good condition. Postcardsize.

“On 14 November 1944 the unit was redesignated 503rd Heavy SS Panzer Battalion. It had a total of 39 (instead of the full complement of 45) Tiger IIs and was loaded onto trains on 27 January 1945, and sent to the Eastern Front in the Army Group Vistula sector. By 15 April 1945, the 503rd reported a total of 12 Tiger IIs, of which 10 were still operational. The 503rd ended the war fighting in the Battle of Berlin as part of Kampfgruppe Mohnke.”