Blown section of 30mm armour plate from upper or lower hull armour or turret side armour on a German panzer 4 tank recovered near the Village of Camembert in Normandy 1944

This is a blown section of 30mm armour plate from upper or lower hull armour or turret side armour of German Panzer 4 Tank. The armour section is an edged section that is in relic but solid condition it does not have any original paintwork left it is rusty but solid and has been very well cleaned up the part has ripped apart in an explosion and is 4 half inches long by 3 inches wide and perfect for display or any collection. The armour section was recovered from the site of destroyed Panzer 4 Tank of the 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen recovered near the Village of Camembert. The battle of the 20th of August 1944 against the Canadian 4th armoured Division during the Falaise Pocket battle in Normandy. The plate comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards.

Panzergrenadier Regiment Hohenstaufen. The division saw much action defending against British armour during operation Goodwood During operation Jupiter Hohenstaufen destroyed 58 British tanks with many of them being Churchill tanks After the launch of the Canadian operation totalize, Hohenstaufen avoided encirclement in the Falaise Pocket and kept the narrow escape route from this pocket open. By the 21st August it was over, and the German forces were in full retreat out of Normandy. The Panzer IVs comprised around half of the available German tank strength on the Western Front prior to the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944. Most of the 11 panzer divisions that saw action in Normandy initially contained an armoured regiment of one battalion of Panzer IVs and another of Panthers, for a total of around 160 tanks, although Waffen-SS panzer divisions were generally larger and better equipped than their Army counterparts. Regular upgrades to the Panzer IV had helped to maintain its reputation as a formidable opponent.