This is a Russian Maxim machine gun ammunition tin in solid relic condition. It is rusty, with some rust holes, and no remaining paintwork is visible, though the red star insignia on the side is still present. The lid is rusted solid and does not open or lock. The tin has been thoroughly cleaned and is an excellent piece for display or any military collection.
Provenance: the tin was used by soldiers of the 69th Army and recovered near the River Oder at Lebus, south of the Seelow Heights. It comes with an A5 laminated information card.
The Battle of the Seelow Heights was part of the Seelow-Berlin Offensive Operation (16 April-2 May 1945). This pitched battle was one of the last major assaults on entrenched German positions during World War II, fought over three days (16-19 April 1945). Nearly one million Soviet soldiers of the 1st Belorussian Front, including 78,556 soldiers of the Polish 1st Army under Marshal Georgi Zhukov, attacked the position known as the Gates of Berlin. They were opposed by roughly 110,000 German troops of the 9th Army, commanded by General Theodor Busse, as part of Army Group Vistula.
The Seelow Heights saw some of the fiercest fighting, though it was only one of several crossing points along the Oder and Neisse rivers during the Soviet advance. This engagement is often considered part of the wider Battle of the Oder Neisse, itself the opening phase of the Battle of Berlin. The outcome was the encirclement of the German 9th Army and the subsequent Battle of Halbe.
This is a Russian Maxim machine gun ammunition tin in solid relic condition. It is rusty, with some rust holes, and no remaining paintwork is visible, though the red star insignia on the side is still present. The lid is rusted solid and does not open or lock. The tin has been thoroughly cleaned and is an excellent piece for display or any military collection.
Provenance: the tin was used by soldiers of the 69th Army and recovered near the River Oder at Lebus, south of the Seelow Heights. It comes with an A5 laminated information card.
The Battle of the Seelow Heights was part of the Seelow-Berlin Offensive Operation (16 April-2 May 1945). This pitched battle was one of the last major assaults on entrenched German positions during World War II, fought over three days (16-19 April 1945). Nearly one million Soviet soldiers of the 1st Belorussian Front, including 78,556 soldiers of the Polish 1st Army under Marshal Georgi Zhukov, attacked the position known as the Gates of Berlin. They were opposed by roughly 110,000 German troops of the 9th Army, commanded by General Theodor Busse, as part of Army Group Vistula.
The Seelow Heights saw some of the fiercest fighting, though it was only one of several crossing points along the Oder and Neisse rivers during the Soviet advance. This engagement is often considered part of the wider Battle of the Oder Neisse, itself the opening phase of the Battle of Berlin. The outcome was the encirclement of the German 9th Army and the subsequent Battle of Halbe.
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