This is a German steel shell case fired by PAK[36]r anti-tank gun which is the captured Russian 76.2mm ZIS 3 gun also mounted in to German Marder 3 tank destroyer.
The shell case is steel made it is bent and partly squashed. It is in relic but solid condition with none of its maker markings that can be seen on the bottom. It has no rust holes but does have some damage around the neck after being fired which has been very well cleaned. It is perfect to display or any collection and is empty and inert. The shell case was recovered from the battlefield on the Seelow Heights in 1945 the opening battle for Berlin the shell case comes with a A5 laminated information card.
The Battle of the Seelow Heights was part of the Seelow-Berlin Offensive Operation (16 April-2 May 1945). A pitched battle, it was one of the last assaults on large entrenched defensive positions of the Second World War. It was fought over three days, from 16-19 April 1945. Close to one million Soviet soldiers of the 1st Belorussian Front (including 78,556 soldiers of the Polish 1st Army), commanded by Marshal Georgi Zhukov, attacked the position known as the "Gates of Berlin". They were opposed by about 110,000 soldiers of the German 9th Army commanded by General Theodor Busse, as part of the Army Group Vistula.
This is a German steel shell case fired by PAK[36]r anti-tank gun which is the captured Russian 76.2mm ZIS 3 gun also mounted in to German Marder 3 tank destroyer.
The shell case is steel made it is bent and partly squashed. It is in relic but solid condition with none of its maker markings that can be seen on the bottom. It has no rust holes but does have some damage around the neck after being fired which has been very well cleaned. It is perfect to display or any collection and is empty and inert. The shell case was recovered from the battlefield on the Seelow Heights in 1945 the opening battle for Berlin the shell case comes with a A5 laminated information card.
The Battle of the Seelow Heights was part of the Seelow-Berlin Offensive Operation (16 April-2 May 1945). A pitched battle, it was one of the last assaults on large entrenched defensive positions of the Second World War. It was fought over three days, from 16-19 April 1945. Close to one million Soviet soldiers of the 1st Belorussian Front (including 78,556 soldiers of the Polish 1st Army), commanded by Marshal Georgi Zhukov, attacked the position known as the "Gates of Berlin". They were opposed by about 110,000 soldiers of the German 9th Army commanded by General Theodor Busse, as part of the Army Group Vistula.
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