Very rare British Tank battle damaged and blown track link mud groucer bolt recovered from a tank destroyed in Bourlon Woods the November 1917 battlefield during Allied Cambrai offensive.

This is a very rare battle damaged and blown track link mud groucer bolt. The bolt has blown apart when the tank was hit it has ripped apart up by an explosion it is in relic condition, rusty but solid and is in overall very good, solid condition for recovered battlefield find it has been very well cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection the bolt is 2 half inches long. The bolt was recovered from a tank destroyed in Bourlon Woods the November 1917 battlefield during Allied Cambrai offensive. The part comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards with pictures and map.

The operation would be carried out by the Third Army under General Julian Byng in order to relieve pressure on the French front. The offensive consisted of an assault against the Germans’s on the Hindenburg line along a 10-mile (16-km) front some 8 miles (13 km) west of Cambrai. Nineteen British divisions were assembled for the offensive, supported by tanks (476 in all, of which about 378 were fighting tanks; the rest were supply and service vehicles) and five horsed Cavalry divisions. The attack lasted from the 20th November 1917 until 6th December 1917.