Read the story, you're not gonna believe it
This “Königstiger II” (King Tiger) is one of the six tanks that were left by the 1st SS Panzer Regiment in December 1944 (Battle of the Bulge) when it had to withdraw from the village of la Gleize in the Belgian Ardennes. When US units came to clean up all the wrecks from the battlefield in July 1945, Mrs. Jenny Geenen-Dewez, the local innkeeper’s wife, offered to exchange the tank for a bottle of French cognac… and the Americans agreed. The imposing Tiger was moved into the main square of La Gleize and later restored. Today an interested collector would have to pay more than a million euro for it. (This is one of the six Tiger II tanks that survived history.)
Location: Baugnez 44 Historical Center.
Read the story, you're not gonna believe it
This “Königstiger II” (King Tiger) is one of the six tanks that were left by the 1st SS Panzer Regiment in December 1944 (Battle of the Bulge) when it had to withdraw from the village of la Gleize in the Belgian Ardennes. When US units came to clean up all the wrecks from the battlefield in July 1945, Mrs. Jenny Geenen-Dewez, the local innkeeper’s wife, offered to exchange the tank for a bottle of French cognac… and the Americans agreed. The imposing Tiger was moved into the main square of La Gleize and later restored. Today an interested collector would have to pay more than a million euro for it. (This is one of the six Tiger II tanks that survived history.)
Location: Baugnez 44 Historical Center.