This is a fantastic condition battlefield relic it is a German MG 34/42 machine gun drum ammunition basket. The basket is complete and in lovely condition more semi-relic then relic the very rare and is extreamly rare with this colour paint, with most of its original yellow sand camouflage paintwork it has some surface rust and no rust holes and no real damage or pitting and still smooth to the touch all over. The lid still opens and closes but the lock is missing as its carry handle. It has been carefully cleaned but does still have a very small amount of silt and muck attached from the lake bed but is very solid, not breaking up or falling apart, and is perfect and a very rare one for display or inclusion in any collection.The basket was recovered from a lake near the town of Plzeň (Pilsen) in Czechoslovakia. This is where the German 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich surrendered to the Americans at the end of the war in May 1945.The basket comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards.
The remnants of the 2nd SS Panzer Division "Das Reich" largely surrendered to the American forces in Czechoslovakia (specifically around the area west of Prague and near Pilsen) in May 1945. The main body of the division surrendered around May 8-9, 1945, after the general German surrender was signed.
This is a fantastic condition battlefield relic it is a German MG 34/42 machine gun drum ammunition basket. The basket is complete and in lovely condition more semi-relic then relic the very rare and is extreamly rare with this colour paint, with most of its original yellow sand camouflage paintwork it has some surface rust and no rust holes and no real damage or pitting and still smooth to the touch all over. The lid still opens and closes but the lock is missing as its carry handle. It has been carefully cleaned but does still have a very small amount of silt and muck attached from the lake bed but is very solid, not breaking up or falling apart, and is perfect and a very rare one for display or inclusion in any collection.The basket was recovered from a lake near the town of Plzeň (Pilsen) in Czechoslovakia. This is where the German 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich surrendered to the Americans at the end of the war in May 1945.The basket comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards.
The remnants of the 2nd SS Panzer Division "Das Reich" largely surrendered to the American forces in Czechoslovakia (specifically around the area west of Prague and near Pilsen) in May 1945. The main body of the division surrendered around May 8-9, 1945, after the general German surrender was signed.
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