This is a nice shell case from the very famous German 88mm gun a steel shell case used by 8.8cm Flak 36/37/41 anti-aircraft and anti-tank gun
The shell case is steel made it is bent partly around the neck from being fired it is in relic but solid condition with a few rust holes down the side. On the bottom non of its maker markings that can be seen it has been very well cleaned it is perfect to display or any collection and it is empty and inert. The shell case was used by soldiers of Panzer-Division Müncheberg it was recovered from an old German Slip trench in the Werbig area on the Seelow heights,the area defended by them in April 1945 during the battle.The case comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards with map.
Panzer-Division Müncheberg began forming on 8 March 1945 in Muncheberg, Germany. The majority of the division's staff and panzer troops were drawn from the 103rd Panzer brigade which had been dissolved three days before; the brigade's commander, Major General Werner Mummert, was placed in command of the division.
The Müncheberg Division received several Panther tank type G equipped with Sperber infrared (IR) systems, as well as a company of Panzergrenadiers equipped with Sperber IR systems. The division received several of the super heavy Jagdtigers, as well as several King Tigers, and the last five Tiger 1 to be sent to the front. By 12 March the division's strength was 6,836 men. On 18 March the men from an infantry battalion of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler division were used to bolster the division's strength.
The shell case comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards and map.
This is a nice shell case from the very famous German 88mm gun a steel shell case used by 8.8cm Flak 36/37/41 anti-aircraft and anti-tank gun
The shell case is steel made it is bent partly around the neck from being fired it is in relic but solid condition with a few rust holes down the side. On the bottom non of its maker markings that can be seen it has been very well cleaned it is perfect to display or any collection and it is empty and inert. The shell case was used by soldiers of Panzer-Division Müncheberg it was recovered from an old German Slip trench in the Werbig area on the Seelow heights,the area defended by them in April 1945 during the battle.The case comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards with map.
Panzer-Division Müncheberg began forming on 8 March 1945 in Muncheberg, Germany. The majority of the division's staff and panzer troops were drawn from the 103rd Panzer brigade which had been dissolved three days before; the brigade's commander, Major General Werner Mummert, was placed in command of the division.
The Müncheberg Division received several Panther tank type G equipped with Sperber infrared (IR) systems, as well as a company of Panzergrenadiers equipped with Sperber IR systems. The division received several of the super heavy Jagdtigers, as well as several King Tigers, and the last five Tiger 1 to be sent to the front. By 12 March the division's strength was 6,836 men. On 18 March the men from an infantry battalion of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler division were used to bolster the division's strength.
The shell case comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards and map.
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