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The photo for this unit shows SS Hauptscharfuehrer *
Emil Seibold, <born in 1907 in Basel, Switzerland>,*
and his tank crew, 3rd SS Panzer Abteilung of the*
2nd SS Panzer Regiment, 2nd SS Panzer Division *
"Das Reich" , the Kursk sailent, summer of 1943.*
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From July to August 1943, in the intense fighting,*
this trophy T-34 and its crew gained 23 victories.*
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Seibold was the Divisions most successful tank*
commander with 65 tank kills to his credit.*
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Seibold survived the war and died September 1990.*
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