Rare to find from the battlefield a Russian PPSH 41 machine gun straight magazine recovered from the area of the Psel River, south of Kursk 1943

This is a rare to find from the battlefield a Russian PPSH 41 machine gun straight magazine. The magazine has no internal parts with no original paintwork it is rusty but solid and only has a few rust holes still with some original steel colour in places it has been very well cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection. The magazine was used by a soldier of the 5th Guards Army it was recovered from the area of the Psel River, south of Kursk on the Voronezh front. This area was defended by them against the German 2nd SS Panzer corps during the battle part of Operation Citadel the German Kursk offensive in July-August 1943 in Russia. The magazine comes with A5 laminated information card.

The Voronezh Front a military formation equivalent to an Army group. The name indicated the primary geographical region in which the front first fought, based on the town of Voronezh on the Don River. The front was established at the end of June 1942 when the German 6th Army reached Voronezh during the early stages of Operation Blau. The Voronezh Front participated in the battle of Voronezh, the defensive operations on the approaches to Stalingrad, and in the December 1942, the follow-on to the encirclement of German 6th Army at Stalingrad. In the battle of Kursk in July- August 1943, the front operated on the southern shoulder, during which it commanded the Battle of Prokhorovka itself on the Soviet side.