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Postcard Set 11 (David Pentland)
PS11. Postcard Set 11 (David Pentland) Set of 8 postcards, including : The Last Battle - Berlin - 30th April 1945, Defence of the Reichstag - Berlin - 1st May 1945, Preparing for the Day - the Reichswald - February 1945, Panther at the Zoo - Tiergarten - Berlin, Tiger at the Gate - Berlin - 30th April 1945, Operation Veritable - Eastern Holland - 8th-22nd February 1945, Cross of Iron - Russia - Summer 1942, Blitzkrieg - northern France - May 1940. Each postcard 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
Items in this pack :
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P1179. The Last Battle, Berlin, 30th April 1945 by David Pentland. Unterscharfurher Karl-Heinz Turk of the Schwere SS Panzerabteilung 503, in one of the units few remaining Kingtigers, defends the Potsdammer Platz along with elements of the Munchberg Division against the rapidly encroaching Soviet forces. Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
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P1109. Defence of the Reichstag, Berlin, 1st May 1945 by David Pentland. On the 30th April, Untersharfuhrer Georg Diers and his crew of tank 314, were ordered to take up a defensive position at the Reichstag buildings. This was one of only two remaining King Tigers belonging to Heavy SS Tank Battalion 503 in Berlin. By that evening they had knocked out about 30 T34s, and the following day led a successful counterattack against the Kroll Opera House directly opposite the Reichstag. Their efforts though, merely postponed the inevitable and by the end of the day the order was given to abandon the position and prepare to break out of Berlin. Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
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P1162. Preparing for the Day, the Reichswald, February 1945 by David Pentland. Sturmtigers of Sturmmorser Company 1002, commanded by Lieutenant Zippel, take on ammunition in preparation for the battle to come. These fearsome monsters 38cm rocket projectors could penetrate up to 2.5m of reinforced concrete. Luckily for the Allies only 18 were completed by the wars end. Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
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P1196. Panther at the Zoo, Tiergarten, Berlin, 2nd May 1945 by David Pentland. Below the vast bulk of the Zoo Bunker one of three giant Flak towers designed to defend Berlin from air attack, some remnants of the citys defenders gather in an attempt to break out of the doomed capital. Amongst which are troops from the 9th Fallschirmjager and Munchberg Panzer Divisions, including a rare nightfighting equipped Panther G of Oberleutnant Rasims Company, 1/29th Panzer Regiment. Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
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P1178. Tiger at the Gate, Berlin, 30th April 1945 by David Pentland. A Tiger I and PAK 40 anti tank gun of the Muncheberg Division, field a final defence of the capital in front of the Brandenburg Gate under the shattered remains of the famous Linden trees. The under-strength division had just been formed the previous month from a mixture of ad hoc units and various marks of tank. Despite this it put up a spirited fight until its final destruction in early May. Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
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P1220. Operation Veritable, Eastern Holland, 8th - 22nd February 1945 by David Pentland. LVT Mark II and IV Buffaloes of 79th Armoured Division carry the men of 3rd Canadian Infantry Division through the flooded lower Rhine valley to secure the left flank of the Anglo-Canadian operation. Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
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P3001. Cross of Iron, Russia, Summer 1942 by David Pentland. German infantry take cover in a shell hole during the blitzkrieg through Southern Russia towards Stalingrad. Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
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P1164. Blitzkrieg, northern France, May 1940 by David Pentland. General Major Erwin Rommel leads the vanguard of his vaunted 7th Panzer (Ghost) Division past an abandoned French Char B tank on its epic drive from the Ardennes to the English Channel. Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
Website Price: £ 16.00
To purchase these prints individually at their normal retail price would cost £17.60 . By buying them together in this special pack, you save £1.6
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