Guard Duty by David Pentland. [Original Drawing]

Tscherkassy Pocket, Russia, 13th February 1944. The two Tiger Is of Feldwebel Heinz Gartner and Oberfahnrich Heinrich Rondorf, of Heavy Tank battalion 503 destroyed a surprise Soviet counter attack by some 15 T-34s from Chishinzy village. By now the relief force Panzer Regiment Bake of which they are part were only a few days away from opening a corridor to the Korsun pocket. By the end of the war these two tank commanders had destroyed 103 and 106 enemy tanks respectively.

Signed by Oberstleutnant Alfred Rubbel.

Original pencil drawing by David Pentland.

Paper size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm)