This is a German Ozsarstoff/Dralowid-type pressed fiber made from 1942 onwards binoculars carry case which is maker marked on the inside in 2 places clear to see.
The case which still has a lot of its original colour it is damaged the top has broken away from the actul case but still sits on the case nicely the hing and the clip are rusty but solid.The case has only light discolour and dirt from being buried it is very solid and nice condition it has been well cleaned perfect for display or any collection. The case would have been used by a soldier in the SS Nordland Division or the 16th Army Wehrmacht. The canteen was recovered from inside one of their old bunkers in Finland on the Northern side of the battlefield around Leningrad during its liberation by Russians in 1944.The case comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards with pictures and map.
In early 1944 the SS Nordland division, along with the rest of the III SS Panzer Corps arrived at the front near Leningrad and was put into action against the Soviet Red Army attacks aimed at breaking the German encirclement of the city. The Red Army forced Nordland to withdraw to Oranienbaum. On 14 January 1944, the Soviets succeeded in collapsing the German front.
This is a German Ozsarstoff/Dralowid-type pressed fiber made from 1942 onwards binoculars carry case which is maker marked on the inside in 2 places clear to see.
The case which still has a lot of its original colour it is damaged the top has broken away from the actul case but still sits on the case nicely the hing and the clip are rusty but solid.The case has only light discolour and dirt from being buried it is very solid and nice condition it has been well cleaned perfect for display or any collection. The case would have been used by a soldier in the SS Nordland Division or the 16th Army Wehrmacht. The canteen was recovered from inside one of their old bunkers in Finland on the Northern side of the battlefield around Leningrad during its liberation by Russians in 1944.The case comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards with pictures and map.
In early 1944 the SS Nordland division, along with the rest of the III SS Panzer Corps arrived at the front near Leningrad and was put into action against the Soviet Red Army attacks aimed at breaking the German encirclement of the city. The Red Army forced Nordland to withdraw to Oranienbaum. On 14 January 1944, the Soviets succeeded in collapsing the German front.
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