Battle Damaged Russian Soldiers Mess Tin and Drinking Cup with there original colours recovered from the Dom River area from the battles against the German 4th Panzer Army in November-December 1942-1943 outside Stalingrad.

This is a nice battle damaged Russian soldiers mess tin and drinking cup which have ripped and bent in an explosion but are in nice solid condition the tin is missing its lid and handle they both still retains a lot of its original colours they do still have some dirt on them they are in relic but solid condition but overall very good, nice condition for a recovered battlefield find nicely cleaned and perfect for display or any collection.The cup and tin were recovered from the Dom River area from the battles against the German 4th Panzer Army in November-December 1942-1943 outside Stalingrad and come with A5 laminated information card.

The 4th Panzer Army which had in it units which included the 14th and 24th Panzer Divisions and 92nd Infantry Division was under the command of General Hermann Hoth it guarded the outside perimeter of Stalingrad while the 6th Army was engaged in the battle to capture the city, For over two months, he 6th Army was embroiled in vicious fighting in the city; though it was able to take over 90% of the city, it was unable to destroy the last pockets of resistance. On 19 November 1942, The Red Army launched Operation Uranus, a counter-offensive which encircled of the entire 6th Army with the 4th Panzer were fighting Russian forces outside the city during the whole of November and December and tried and failed to break the encirclement of Stalingrad in Operation Winter Storm in December 1942. 

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