This is a nice to find from the battlefield a Russian PPSH 43 machine gun magazine. The magazine has no internal parts with no original paintwork it is rusty but solid and only has a few rust holes and a impact damage hit it has been very well cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection. The magazine was used by a soldier of the 69th Army as it was recovered near the River Oder at Lebus, south of the Seelow Heights where they crossed during the battle. The magazine comes with an A5 laminated information card.
Historical context: 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 large-scale assaults on entrenched German positions during the Second World War, fought over three days (16-19 April 1945). Nearly one million Soviet soldiers of the 1st Belorussian Front, including 78,556 troops of the Polish 1st Army under Marshal Georgi Zhukov, attacked the position known as the Gates of Berlin. They faced roughly 110,000 German soldiers of the 9th Army, commanded by General Theodor Busse, as part of Army Group Vistula.
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This is a nice to find from the battlefield a Russian PPSH 43 machine gun magazine. The magazine has no internal parts with no original paintwork it is rusty but solid and only has a few rust holes and a impact damage hit it has been very well cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection. The magazine was used by a soldier of the 69th Army as it was recovered near the River Oder at Lebus, south of the Seelow Heights where they crossed during the battle. The magazine comes with an A5 laminated information card.
Historical context: 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 large-scale assaults on entrenched German positions during the Second World War, fought over three days (16-19 April 1945). Nearly one million Soviet soldiers of the 1st Belorussian Front, including 78,556 troops of the Polish 1st Army under Marshal Georgi Zhukov, attacked the position known as the Gates of Berlin. They faced roughly 110,000 German soldiers of the 9th Army, commanded by General Theodor Busse, as part of Army Group Vistula.
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