Willi Fey – schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 502 (Tiger, Battle of Berlin)

A scarce original postwar-signed photograph of SS-Oberscharführer Willi Fey (25 September 1918 – 29 April 2002), one of the noted Tiger commanders of the final battles on the Eastern Front.

Fey earned the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 29 April 1945 as SS-Oberscharführer und Panzerkommandant in schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502.

Knight’s Cross citation:

• Awarded for destroying 8 Soviet tanks during the fighting in the Berlin area from 23–28 April 1945.

• This brought his total to 14 enemy tanks destroyed in close combat.

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