This is a German soldiers crushed gas mask tin which looks like it has been bent up by the impact of an explosion. The tin has ripped up and partly squashed with lots of green paintwork remains still visible also with wire on the bottom still attached this would have held some sort of camouflage it is rusty but solid and it has been well cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection and is 10 inches long by 7 inches wide in size.The tin comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards with map. The tin was recovered near the village of Gnilets, attacked by the German 46th Panzer Corps during the opening offensive of Operation Citadel on 5th July 1943, during the attack on the northern side of the Kursk Salient (5th-12th July 1943) in Russia.
The German 46th Panzer Corps participated in the invasion of Yugoslavia. Originally created as the XXXXVI Army Corps, it was converted to a Panzer Corps on 21st June 1942. The Corps took part in Operation Barbarossa, fighting at Kiev, Putyvl, Vyazma, and Volokolamsk. It later saw action at Rzhev, Vyazma, and Yelnya before participating in Operation Citadel, the Battle of Kursk in July 1943, under the command of Major General Hans Zorn. The Corps retired to the Svin area in September 1943.
This is a German soldiers crushed gas mask tin which looks like it has been bent up by the impact of an explosion. The tin has ripped up and partly squashed with lots of green paintwork remains still visible also with wire on the bottom still attached this would have held some sort of camouflage it is rusty but solid and it has been well cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection and is 10 inches long by 7 inches wide in size.The tin comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards with map. The tin was recovered near the village of Gnilets, attacked by the German 46th Panzer Corps during the opening offensive of Operation Citadel on 5th July 1943, during the attack on the northern side of the Kursk Salient (5th-12th July 1943) in Russia.
The German 46th Panzer Corps participated in the invasion of Yugoslavia. Originally created as the XXXXVI Army Corps, it was converted to a Panzer Corps on 21st June 1942. The Corps took part in Operation Barbarossa, fighting at Kiev, Putyvl, Vyazma, and Volokolamsk. It later saw action at Rzhev, Vyazma, and Yelnya before participating in Operation Citadel, the Battle of Kursk in July 1943, under the command of Major General Hans Zorn. The Corps retired to the Svin area in September 1943.
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