This is a German IF-8 trailer outer steel wheel, still retaining much of its original sand camouflage paint a rare and hard-to-find item. The wheel has no rubber tyre and shows some rust damage, but it remains solid and stable. Despite its age and rust, it has been carefully cleaned, making it an excellent piece for display or any military collection.
The wheel was recovered from the Moissey Ford area within the Falaise Pocket in Normandy, from the battlefield of summer 1944. It comes with an A5 laminated information card featuring a photograph.
The narrow road leading to a muddy track across a large stream here once carried tens of thousands of German soldiers out of the Falaise Pocket in just a few days in August 1944.
The Falaise Pocket (12-21 August 1944), also known as the Battle of the Falaise Gap, was the decisive engagement of the Battle of Normandy. During this battle, German Army Group B including the 7th Army and the Fifth Panzer Army (formerly Panzergruppe West) was encircled by the Western Allies. The Germans attempted to maintain a corridor to escape, which is why the battle is sometimes referred to as the Chambois Pocket, the Falaise-Chambois Pocket, the Argentan Falaise Pocket, or the Trun Chambois Gap. The battle led to the destruction of most of Army Group B west of the Seine River, paving the way for the Allies to advance toward Paris and the German border.
This is a German IF-8 trailer outer steel wheel, still retaining much of its original sand camouflage paint a rare and hard-to-find item. The wheel has no rubber tyre and shows some rust damage, but it remains solid and stable. Despite its age and rust, it has been carefully cleaned, making it an excellent piece for display or any military collection.
The wheel was recovered from the Moissey Ford area within the Falaise Pocket in Normandy, from the battlefield of summer 1944. It comes with an A5 laminated information card featuring a photograph.
The narrow road leading to a muddy track across a large stream here once carried tens of thousands of German soldiers out of the Falaise Pocket in just a few days in August 1944.
The Falaise Pocket (12-21 August 1944), also known as the Battle of the Falaise Gap, was the decisive engagement of the Battle of Normandy. During this battle, German Army Group B including the 7th Army and the Fifth Panzer Army (formerly Panzergruppe West) was encircled by the Western Allies. The Germans attempted to maintain a corridor to escape, which is why the battle is sometimes referred to as the Chambois Pocket, the Falaise-Chambois Pocket, the Argentan Falaise Pocket, or the Trun Chambois Gap. The battle led to the destruction of most of Army Group B west of the Seine River, paving the way for the Allies to advance toward Paris and the German border.
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