SS-Obersturmführer Karl Nicolussi-Leck of Wiking Division

SS-Obersturmführer Karl Nicolussi-Leck of the 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking" in the cupola of his Panther after he was awarded the Ritterkreuz (Knight’s Cross) for his leadership and courage during the Battle of Kovel in 1944. Nicolussi-Leck led a group of 9 Panthers from Wiking Division on a drive to reach the besieged city of Kovel on 30 March 1944. Despite being ordered to turn back owing to ferocious resistance, Nicolussi-Leck pressed on and reached his beleaguered comrades after destroying several Soviet positions.

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