This is a rare to find battlefield relic which is a world war 2 Dutch army ice skate which was captured and re used by a soldier in the SS Nordland Division or 16th Army Wehrmacht.The skate which is near complete but missing its leather straps it is rusty but solid and is in relic but nice condition it has been very well cleaned up the skate is 13 inches long and is perfect for display or any collection. The skate was recovered near one of their old bunkers in Finland on the Northern side of the battlefield around Leningrad during its liberation by Russians in 1944.
In early 1944 the SS Nordland division, along with the rest of the III SS Panzer Corps arrived at the front near Leningrad and was put into action against the Soviet Red Army attacks aimed at breaking the German encirclement of the city. The Red Army forced Nordland to withdraw to Oranienbaum. On 14 January 1944, the Soviets succeeded in collapsing the German front.
The skate comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards with map.
This is a rare to find battlefield relic which is a world war 2 Dutch army ice skate which was captured and re used by a soldier in the SS Nordland Division or 16th Army Wehrmacht.The skate which is near complete but missing its leather straps it is rusty but solid and is in relic but nice condition it has been very well cleaned up the skate is 13 inches long and is perfect for display or any collection. The skate was recovered near one of their old bunkers in Finland on the Northern side of the battlefield around Leningrad during its liberation by Russians in 1944.
In early 1944 the SS Nordland division, along with the rest of the III SS Panzer Corps arrived at the front near Leningrad and was put into action against the Soviet Red Army attacks aimed at breaking the German encirclement of the city. The Red Army forced Nordland to withdraw to Oranienbaum. On 14 January 1944, the Soviets succeeded in collapsing the German front.
The skate comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards with map.
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