8.8cm Flak 37 anti-aircraft gun - Ubertragungsgerat 37 data transmission system unit with dial faces.
Condition as found, corroded but solid relic
Recovered from a hedgerow outside Monts-en-Bessin northeast of Villers-Bocage in Normandy, this gun was part of the Flak-Sturm-Regiment 1. The unit was part of the defensive screen to block British armoured advances towards the Oden River. This area was attacked over 3 days, from June 25 to 27 during Operation Martlet –the preliminary phase of Operation Epsom.
8.8cm Flak 37 anti-aircraft gun - Ubertragungsgerat 37 data transmission system unit with dial faces.
Condition as found, corroded but solid relic
Recovered from a hedgerow outside Monts-en-Bessin northeast of Villers-Bocage in Normandy, this gun was part of the Flak-Sturm-Regiment 1. The unit was part of the defensive screen to block British armoured advances towards the Oden River. This area was attacked over 3 days, from June 25 to 27 during Operation Martlet –the preliminary phase of Operation Epsom.