Jagdverbande Mitte, Pomerania, Germany, March 1945 by David Pentland. [Original Drawing]

In early 1945 Obersturmfuhrer Walter Girg was given command of a small unit of SS commandos whose task was to operate Russian tanks behind enemy lines. One such mission took him to the area of the enemy-encircled Kolberg garrison. The German forces there however believed Girg and his men to be Seydlitz agents (German soldiers working for the Soviet forces) and they were taken to be shot. Luckily the mistake was discovered a short time later and Girg remained in Kolberg until 18 March 1945 when the garrison was evacuated by sea.

Signed by Erwin Kressmann,
Gerhard Fischer,
Walther Girg (deceased),
Heinrich Kohler (deceased),
and
Herbert Fries.

Original pencil drawing by David Pentland.

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