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Originally Posted by Alan O
Both large and small collar badges are in use. The 4 is visible on the full sized badge.
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The photo shows a Cromwell VI cruiser tank with bivouac attached. Only about 300 of these were made, armed with the 95mm gun mainly used for smoke missions. The unit at this time were part of 22nd Armoured Brigade / 7th Armoured Division.
The caption on the photograph dates it as 17th June. If this accurate, the unit would have been recovering / refitting after SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant) Michael Wittmann and his buddies (SS Hvy Tank Bn 101) had destroyed 53 armoured vehicles in and around Villers Bocage.