This is a German artillery gun range site panel which is not the complete panel it is one section of a very large panel probably 3 more of these put together.The panel is aluminium made with black stamped marking clear to see.The panel is 13 inches long and 7 inches wide in size and would be used on one of the very large calibre guns on the fortress’s.The panel has on.y some very light rust in places other then that it’s original colour it is very solid and have been very well cleaned it is perfect condition for display or any collection and a rare bit of Kriegsmarine to get battlefield recovered. The panel was recovered from Kriegsmarine costal artillery position on the Atlantic wall defence system near the port of Saint Malo in France. The part comes with 2x A5 laminated information cards.
The battle for the walled city Saint Malo and the fortress positions began on August 4 1944 Allied intelligence had believed that there were 1000 German soldiers holed up in the area enclosed by the old walls and had bombed it heavily, however, when the city surrendered on August 14 only 83 German soldiers were taken prisoner. The commander of Fortress Saint-Malo, Colonel Von Aulock, surrendered all German forces in the area on August 17th 1944.
This is a German artillery gun range site panel which is not the complete panel it is one section of a very large panel probably 3 more of these put together.The panel is aluminium made with black stamped marking clear to see.The panel is 13 inches long and 7 inches wide in size and would be used on one of the very large calibre guns on the fortress’s.The panel has on.y some very light rust in places other then that it’s original colour it is very solid and have been very well cleaned it is perfect condition for display or any collection and a rare bit of Kriegsmarine to get battlefield recovered. The panel was recovered from Kriegsmarine costal artillery position on the Atlantic wall defence system near the port of Saint Malo in France. The part comes with 2x A5 laminated information cards.
The battle for the walled city Saint Malo and the fortress positions began on August 4 1944 Allied intelligence had believed that there were 1000 German soldiers holed up in the area enclosed by the old walls and had bombed it heavily, however, when the city surrendered on August 14 only 83 German soldiers were taken prisoner. The commander of Fortress Saint-Malo, Colonel Von Aulock, surrendered all German forces in the area on August 17th 1944.
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