This is a pair of German M39 egg grenades which are in relic condition and not complete.The empty and inert grenade outer cases are still in nice solid condition and still retain a bit of there original colour they are in relic but solid condition with some rust holes but overall very good, nice condition for a recovered battlefield find as these fragile and normally rotted away they have been nicely cleaned and perfect for display or any collection. The grenades were used by a soldier of Panzer-Division Müncheberg they were recovered from an old German Slip trench in the Werbig area on the Seelow heights,the area defended by them in April 1945 during the battle.The grenades come with 2 x A5 laminated information cards with map.
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 pair of German M39 egg grenades which are in relic condition and not complete.The empty and inert grenade outer cases are still in nice solid condition and still retain a bit of there original colour they are in relic but solid condition with some rust holes but overall very good, nice condition for a recovered battlefield find as these fragile and normally rotted away they have been nicely cleaned and perfect for display or any collection. The grenades were used by a soldier of Panzer-Division Müncheberg they were recovered from an old German Slip trench in the Werbig area on the Seelow heights,the area defended by them in April 1945 during the battle.The grenades come with 2 x A5 laminated information cards with map.
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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