Detonator fuse fitted to Russian aerial bomb which was dropped on German defensive positions on the Seelow Heights during the battle which was fought from 16-19 April 1945

This is a Russian aerial bomb fuse nice sold condition rare relic to find recovered from the battlefield. The fuse has some of its end fins still in place and is rusty and pitted but not to bad it has been very well cleaned it does have a bit of damage it is in very nice solid condition perfect for display or any collection. The fuse was recovered from the battlefield on the Seelow Heights in 1945 the opening battle for Berlin.

The Battle of the Seelow Heights was part of the Seelow-Berlin Offensive Operation (16 April-2 May 1945). Fought over three days (16-19 April 1945), it was one of the last major assaults on entrenched defensive positions during the Second World War. Close to one million Soviet troops of the 1st Belorussian Front (including 78,556 soldiers of the Polish 1st Army) under Marshal Georgi Zhukov attacked the position known as the ‘‘Gates of Berlin’’. They were opposed by approximately 110,000 German soldiers of the 9th Army, commanded by General Theodor Busse, as part of Army Group Vistula.