So what tank is it? Probably the 212 and I'm not sure. What is certain is that it's a 2nd Kompanie tank.

The 2 Kompanie tanks were completed after the 1st Kompanie and their track stowage box was mounted like all later Tigers on the leftside of the rear plate on a bracket. Examining photos of the 712 at Aberdeen confirm the mounts. 2nd Kompanie tanks had spare track link brackets mounted on their glacis plate not on the bottom of their rear hull plate. 2nd Kompanie tanks also mounted spare track links on the lower front plate but upside down compared to our models, they used two bars of metal going across the front to hold the links in place. The weld marks are still visible today where they once were. Of course everyone knows the 1st Kompanie mounted their headlights down low, it's impossible to do on a 2nd Kompanie tank because of the spare track brackets. Check out the photos below and tell me what you think.

Why the number changes? After the 501 was absorbed into the 10th PzDiv there was a reorganization after the debacle at Beja where 7 Tigers were knocked out. Then all the remaining 8 Kompanie tanks were absorbed into the 7th Kompanie of the 7th PzRgt and it appears not all were re-numbered. Some were because we have photos of two 833 tanks of the 8th Kompanie of the 7th PzRgt, one a Tiger and the other a PZIII.

So that's my theory and I believe it's pretty solid. Why would the museum in Munster not realize this?