This is a very rare German MP40 machine gun receiver/rear tube breach receiver section with battle damage impact hit at one end and has ripped and bent at one end which is rare to find from the battlefield.The breach part is rusty but pretty much complete but is de activated by condition and is very solid it even has some original black paintwork remains and in nice relic condition. A highly recognizable relic, it has been nicely cleaned and is ideal for display or as part of any collection.
The part was recovered from a field near Trun, believed to be a pit dug by the Allies where large amounts of German equipment were discarded and buried following the Battle of the Falaise Pocket, Normandy, France, in 1944. A rare and interesting relic from the famous Normandy battlefield, it comes with 2x A5 laminated information sheets with diagram of the gun.
This is a very rare German MP40 machine gun receiver/rear tube breach receiver section with battle damage impact hit at one end and has ripped and bent at one end which is rare to find from the battlefield.The breach part is rusty but pretty much complete but is de activated by condition and is very solid it even has some original black paintwork remains and in nice relic condition. A highly recognizable relic, it has been nicely cleaned and is ideal for display or as part of any collection.
The part was recovered from a field near Trun, believed to be a pit dug by the Allies where large amounts of German equipment were discarded and buried following the Battle of the Falaise Pocket, Normandy, France, in 1944. A rare and interesting relic from the famous Normandy battlefield, it comes with 2x A5 laminated information sheets with diagram of the gun.
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