Very rare German 75mm KWK42 steel shell case fired by Panther tank that was recovered on hill 112 near Caen in Normandy in the battle in June 1944

This is a German 75mm KWK42 steel shell case which is complete and was fired by a SS Panther Tank. The shell case is steel made it is bent and partly squashed possibly after being fired and thrown out the tank then partly run over. The case it is in relic but solid condition it has none of its maker markings that can be seen on the bottom it has a few small rust holes but nothing bad it has been very well cleaned it is perfect to display or any collection and is empty and inert .The shell case was recovered on hill 112 and was fired by one of the Panther Tanks in one of the SS Divisions or Corps properly the 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen, destroyed on Hill 112 near Caen in Normandy in the battle in June 1944.

The shell case comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards.

Hill 112 was the name given to an important area of high ground near Caen in Normandy. The German army wanted to keep control of the hill because it gave them a strong advantage. On the 25th June 1944 the 5th Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry of 214th Brigade and the 4/Somerset Light infantry and supported by tanks of the 7th RTR with Churchill and Sherman Tanks finally captured the crest of the Hill. After capturing the hill, the 5th Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry were subject fierce counterattacks by Panzergrenadiers of 21st Panzergrenadier regiment of the 9th SS Panzer Division and Tigers of the 102nd SS Heavy Tank Battalion. The British Forces were finally forced to withdraw and give up these most recent gains almost everywhere owing to strong German counterattacks It was only finally on the night of August 4th that a patrol from the 53rd Welsh Division discovered that with Caen no longer in their control, Hill 112 had lost its importance for the German defenders, and they had withdrawn, allowing the 53rd Division to finally occupy the high ground without a shot being fired.