This is a German complete 3.7cm armour piercing shell fired by PAK 36 anti-tank gun, it is in semi relic but solid condition the projectile has brass driving band with maker markings and sits in the shell perfectly.The shell case does have some original brass wash colour in fact a lot of it on the base there is some markings but not all it is very lightly rusty but solid and has been very well cleaned up and is perfect for display or any collection and is empty and inert. The shell was used by the soldiers in the Panzer Lehr Division as it was recovered from the area of the Longvilly road near Bastogne in the Ardennes Forest from the Battle of the Bulge in 1944-45.
The shell comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards.
The battle took place on the 19th December 1944 when an American force under Colonel Cherry came under attack by German Panzer Lehr Division along the road between Longvilly and Bastogne the Americans lost around 200 vehicles in the battle.
This is a German complete 3.7cm armour piercing shell fired by PAK 36 anti-tank gun, it is in semi relic but solid condition the projectile has brass driving band with maker markings and sits in the shell perfectly.The shell case does have some original brass wash colour in fact a lot of it on the base there is some markings but not all it is very lightly rusty but solid and has been very well cleaned up and is perfect for display or any collection and is empty and inert. The shell was used by the soldiers in the Panzer Lehr Division as it was recovered from the area of the Longvilly road near Bastogne in the Ardennes Forest from the Battle of the Bulge in 1944-45.
The shell comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards.
The battle took place on the 19th December 1944 when an American force under Colonel Cherry came under attack by German Panzer Lehr Division along the road between Longvilly and Bastogne the Americans lost around 200 vehicles in the battle.
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