German 15cm steel shell case, relic condition fired by SIG 33 heavy infantry gun it was recovered in the Longvilly road area near Bastogne in the Ardennes Forest from the Battle of the Bulge in 1944

This is a German steel shell case for 15cm SIG 33 heavy infantry gun with a few original markings on the base can be seen it is complete with its primer it is in nice solid condition for a steel case battlefield recovered with some rust holes and some damage but nothing to bad it has been very nicely cleaned perfect to display or any collection. The shell case was used by the Panzer Lehr Division. The case was recovered in the Longvilly road area near Bastogne in the Ardennes Forest from the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of December 1944. The shell case comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards and map.

The 15 cm sIG 33 (schweres Infanterie Geschütz 33, lit. "Heavy Infantry Gun") was the standard German heavy infantry gun used in the Second World War. It was the largest weapon ever classified as an infantry gun by any nation. Its weight made it difficult to use in the field, and the gun was increasingly adapted to various ad hoc mobile mountings. It was used from the beginning of the war until the end in 1945 and around 4600 of them were built.