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Prepare to Ram, Operation Goodwood, normandy, 18th July 1944 by David Pentland. (D) - Direct Art

Prepare to Ram, Operation Goodwood, normandy, 18th July 1944 by David Pentland. (D)


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Prepare to Ram, Operation Goodwood, normandy, 18th July 1944 by David Pentland. (D)

While probing forward near Cagny on the initial day of the Goodwood offensive, Lt John Gorman, a troop commander of 2nd Armoured Battalion, Irish Guards, suddenly found himself confronted by a Tiger II and three Tiger Is of the elite 503rd Heavy Tank Battalion. Supported by only one other Sherman, and aware that their 75mm guns would be ineffective against such monsters, he gave the order to his driver to ram the King tiger. Gormans tank Ballyragget succeeded in colliding with its target before the Tigers 88mm gun could be brought to bear on his Sherman, and with both tanks immobilised the crews quickly abandoned their tanks. Lt. Gorman, however, was not finished and making his way off the field, he returned shortly afterwards with a Sherman Firefly, to finish off the stricken Tiger II and one of the Tiger Is. For this action he was awarded the Military Cross, and his driver L/Cpl Baron the Military Medal.
Item Code : DHM1026DPrepare to Ram, Operation Goodwood, normandy, 18th July 1944 by David Pentland. (D) - This Edition
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PRINTAlfred Rubbel Knights Cross signature edition of 100 prints from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints.

Image size 25 inches x 16.5 inches (64cm x 42cm) Rubbel, Alfred
+ Artist : David Pentland


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Other editions of this item : Prepare to Ram, Operation Goodwood, normandy, 18th July 1944 by David Pentland.DHM1026
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PRINT Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 16.5 inches (64cm x 42cm)Artist : David Pentland£25 Off!Add any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!Now : £95.00VIEW EDITION...
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Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 25 inches x 16.5 inches (64cm x 42cm) Gorman, John
+ Artist : David Pentland


Signature(s) value alone : £65
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Four Signature Presentation Proof edition of 5 prints from the limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 25 inches x 16.5 inches (64cm x 42cm) Kerscher, Albert
Rubbel, Alfred
Egger, Paul
Gorman, John
+ Artist : David Pentland


Signature(s) value alone : £275
£340.00VIEW EDITION...
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PROOF
Two Signature Presentation Proof of 5 prints from the limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 25 inches x 16.5 inches (64cm x 42cm) Rubbel, Alfred
Gorman, John
+ Artist : David Pentland


Signature(s) value alone : £125
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PRINT Gorman signature edition of 150 prints from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 16.5 inches (64cm x 42cm) Gorman, John
+ Artist : David Pentland


Signature(s) value alone : £65
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PRINTFranz-Wilhlem Lochmann Tank Ace signature series edition of 20 prints from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 16.5 inches (64cm x 42cm) Lochmann, Franz-Wilhelm
+ Artist : David Pentland


Signature(s) value alone : £55
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Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91.5cm x 61cm)Artist : David Pentland
on separate certificate
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Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm)Artist : David Pentland
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150 prints from the signed limited edition of 1150 signed by Lt John Gorman.

3 copies available with slight rippling to the left hand side, and small mark on the edge of the image, which is hardly noticeable. Also some damage to the edge of the white border.
Image size 25 inches x 16.5 inches (64cm x 42cm)Artist : David Pentland£75.00VIEW EDITION...
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The signature of Oberstleutnant Alfred Rubbel (deceased)

Oberstleutnant Alfred Rubbel (deceased)
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Alfred Rubbel was born in Tilsit on June 28, 1921, and volunteered for the Wehrmacht at the age of eighteen. After his basic training in the infantry replacement regiment 21 and his transfer to the armoured weapon, Alfred Rubbel began the Russian campaign on 22nd June 1942 in the 9th Panzer Regiment 29 of the 12th Panzer Division. First as a charge guard in the chief battalion, then as a guardsman, he experienced the rapid advance of the Army Group to the east. In the fighting around Leningrad on September 3rd, 1941, wounded by grenade splinters, he was transferred to the homeland. In January 1942 he returned to his unit, he took part in the fighting at the Volkhov. After refreshing and rebuilding his company in Silesia, he returned to Panzer Regiment 4 with the long-handled cannon to the Eastern Front. As an unofficial and tank commander, his path led him on a long Panzer raid to the West Caucasus, where the battles in Eastern Caucasus were connected between September and December 1942. In December 1942, he and his comrades in Putlos and Paderborn began the conversion to Panzer VI Tiger. Went to 503th Panzer Division 503, and set in the railway transport in the direction of Rostov, he took part in the retreat to the Dnieper and the battle for the Kessel of Cherkassy as a Panzer commander at Operation Zitadelle, the largest tank battle of the Second World War. After officers' training courses in Ohrdruf and Krampnitz in December 1944, he moved to the 3rd Panzer Division 503, he fought in the King (Tiger II) in Hungary and Austria. At the end of the war, lieutenant of the reserve Alfred Rubbel can look back on a total balance of 57 tank victories in 79 Panzer battles on 81 deployments in the tank and 41 months on the front. He was awarded the Iron Cross I and II. Rubbel was a close friend of Kurt Knispel, a fellow tank commander of Pz Abt 503 and top-scoring Panzer Ace.

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