German battle damaged 75mm PAK 40 anti-tank gun shell case base recovered from Death Valley near Hill 112 the June 1944 battle in Normandy during operation Epsom

This is a German battle damaged 75mm PAK 40 anti-tank gun shell case base which has ripped and bent from blowing up in an explosion with none original markings on the base can be seen. It is complete with its primer the case is in nice solid condition for a steel case battlefield recovered it is not braking up or falling apart it has been very nicely cleaned and is perfect to display or any collection. This shell case was recovered from Death Valley near Hill 112 the June 1944 battle in Normandy during operation Epsom. A nice relic from the Normandy battlefield. The case comes with A5 laminated information card.

The capture of Caen and Carpiquet at the same time was followed immediately by renewed attacks west of the city in order to capture the high ground between the Odon and the Orne, to encircle Caen from the south, and above all to continue to engage the main German force so it could not block an American breakout to the south. This time the attack was on a broader front with no fewer than six divisions: the 49th and 50th attacked south to Hottot, the 59th attacked south to Noyers, the 15th Scottish was to attack Evrecy, an objective of EPSOM, followed by the 53rd, and in the first attack the 43rd Division was to capture Hill 112 and Maltot on 10th July 1944.Between 29 June, when the 9th and 10th SS Panzer Divisions regained the hill, and 23 July, when they were driven from Maltot, the area around Hill 112 changed hands many times and thousands of Allied and German troops were killed or wounded on its bloody slopes. The 43rd Division alone lost more than 2,000 men in the first 36 hours of operation JUPITER to regain Hill 112. It was reported that the Odon River was dammed with corpses.