This is an exceptionally rare find, especially compared to other 3.7cm boxes. It is a German 3.7cm Flak ammunition clip storage box, used with the 3.7cm Flak 18/36/37 anti-aircraft gun. Some of the original dark blue paint remains, though not much, and the internal racking is still intact. The box is missing its lid and one side, and it has some dirt and silt from being recovered from a lake bed.
Despite this, the box is in remarkably good condition and is an extremely rare battlefield relic. Its excellent preservation is largely thanks to its time buried in lake silt, which protected it. This ammunition box belonged to the Luftwaffe 311th Flak Battalion and was recovered alongside Tiger I tank parts from a lake east of Bastogne, dating to the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944-1945. Given the very limited number of Tiger I tanks involved in this battle, it is possible to trace the recovered equipment to the specific units in the area.
The Flak box comes with two laminated A5 information cards featuring photographs.
All recovered relics from the Luftwaffe 311th Flak Battalion in this collection were found alongside parts from Tiger I tanks vehicles from the only Wehrmacht units operating Tigers during the offensive, of which only 14 were present and most were destroyed. These units included the 4th Company of Schwere Panzer Abteilung 506, elements of the 26th Volksgrenadier Division, the Panzer Lehr Division, and of course, the 311th Flak Battalion, all active around Bastogne during the winter of 1944.
This is an exceptionally rare find, especially compared to other 3.7cm boxes. It is a German 3.7cm Flak ammunition clip storage box, used with the 3.7cm Flak 18/36/37 anti-aircraft gun. Some of the original dark blue paint remains, though not much, and the internal racking is still intact. The box is missing its lid and one side, and it has some dirt and silt from being recovered from a lake bed.
Despite this, the box is in remarkably good condition and is an extremely rare battlefield relic. Its excellent preservation is largely thanks to its time buried in lake silt, which protected it. This ammunition box belonged to the Luftwaffe 311th Flak Battalion and was recovered alongside Tiger I tank parts from a lake east of Bastogne, dating to the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944-1945. Given the very limited number of Tiger I tanks involved in this battle, it is possible to trace the recovered equipment to the specific units in the area.
The Flak box comes with two laminated A5 information cards featuring photographs.
All recovered relics from the Luftwaffe 311th Flak Battalion in this collection were found alongside parts from Tiger I tanks vehicles from the only Wehrmacht units operating Tigers during the offensive, of which only 14 were present and most were destroyed. These units included the 4th Company of Schwere Panzer Abteilung 506, elements of the 26th Volksgrenadier Division, the Panzer Lehr Division, and of course, the 311th Flak Battalion, all active around Bastogne during the winter of 1944.
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