This is a German Zunderbuchse 2 fuse container for 8.8cm shell fuse.The container is broken with no top it still retains a lot of its original colour still with readable markings at one end. The container is still very solid perfect to display and a nice example of this container battlefield found. The container was used by soldiers of Panzer-Division Müncheberg it was recovered from an old German 88mm gun pit in the Werbig area on the Seelow heights, the area defended by them in April 1945 during the battle.The container comes with 2X A5 laminated information cards.
which held a fuse for 8.8cm shell fired by Flak 36/37/41 anti-aircraft and anti-tank gun. Fired by soldiers of Panzer-Division Müncheberg it was recovered from an old German 88mm gun pit in the Werbig area on the Seelow heights, the area defended by them in April 1945 during the battle.
Panzer-Division Müncheberg began forming on 8 March 1945 in Muncheberg, Germany. The majority of the division's staff and panzer troops were drawn from the 103rd Panzer brigade which had been dissolved three days before; the brigade's commander, Major General Werner Mummert, was placed in command of the division.
The Müncheberg Division received several Panther tank type G equipped with Sperber infrared (IR) systems, as well as a company of Panzergrenadiers equipped with Sperber IR systems. The division received several of the super heavy Jagdtigers, as well as several King Tigers, and the last five Tiger 1 to be sent to the front. By 12 March the division's strength was 6,836 men. On 18 March the men from an infantry battalion of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler division were used to bolster the division's strength.
This is a German Zunderbuchse 2 fuse container for 8.8cm shell fuse.The container is broken with no top it still retains a lot of its original colour still with readable markings at one end. The container is still very solid perfect to display and a nice example of this container battlefield found. The container was used by soldiers of Panzer-Division Müncheberg it was recovered from an old German 88mm gun pit in the Werbig area on the Seelow heights, the area defended by them in April 1945 during the battle.The container comes with 2X A5 laminated information cards.
which held a fuse for 8.8cm shell fired by Flak 36/37/41 anti-aircraft and anti-tank gun. Fired by soldiers of Panzer-Division Müncheberg it was recovered from an old German 88mm gun pit in the Werbig area on the Seelow heights, the area defended by them in April 1945 during the battle.
Panzer-Division Müncheberg began forming on 8 March 1945 in Muncheberg, Germany. The majority of the division's staff and panzer troops were drawn from the 103rd Panzer brigade which had been dissolved three days before; the brigade's commander, Major General Werner Mummert, was placed in command of the division.
The Müncheberg Division received several Panther tank type G equipped with Sperber infrared (IR) systems, as well as a company of Panzergrenadiers equipped with Sperber IR systems. The division received several of the super heavy Jagdtigers, as well as several King Tigers, and the last five Tiger 1 to be sent to the front. By 12 March the division's strength was 6,836 men. On 18 March the men from an infantry battalion of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler division were used to bolster the division's strength.
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