Russian 76mm M1942 ZIS 3 field gun brass shell cases,cut down nicely cleaned original colour recovered from near Bialystok which was a Russian pocket of resistance in Poland during Operation Barbarossa June 1941

The cases are not complete they have been cut down they have nice shiny brass bottom but they do not retain there shiny original brass colour and have discoloured around the sides from being buried also with a few small dents they do have some of there stamps and markings on the bottom not very clear to see .The cases were recovered from near Bialystok which was a Russian pocket of resistance in Poland during Operation Barbarossa June 1941 the German invasion of Russia.

The Battle of Białystok–Minsk was a German strategic operation conducted by the Army Group Centre under the command of Fedor Von Bock during the penetration of the Soviet border region in the opening stage of Operation Barbarossa lasting from 22 June to 3 July 1941. Its goal, the encirclement and destruction of the Red Army's Western Front forces around Bialystok and Minsk, was accomplished. All major Soviet counter-attacks and break-through attempts failed, and the defenders were defeated, allowing for the Wehrmacht to take many Soviet prisoners German losses were very light compared to the Russians. Bialystok is now in modern Day Poland.