German motorcycle leather seat with maker markings taken from a motorcycle in 116th Panzer Division recovered from near Houffalize in the Ardennes forest,1944-1945

The leather seat with other parts were taken from abandoned German motorcycle after the war in the village of Mont which is just North of Houffalize all the vehicles belonged to the 116th Panzer Division. The leather seat has faint maker markings each side the leather still retains its original black colour and is solid not braking up or falling apart perfect for display or any collection. It was taken of the motorcycle properly in around 1946-1948 by a local farmer and was used on his farm for many years until it was found by a local collector who had them in his private collection until 2020 when it left the Ardennes area for the first time since the war. This is a very nice relic from the Ardennes Forest campaign during the battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944-1945.This real bit of history from this famous battle which was Hitlers last offensive in the West and comes with A5 laminated information card.

The 116th Panzer Division, also known as the "Windhund (Greyhound) Division", was an armoured formation that was constituted in the Rhineland and Westphalia areas of western Germany in March 1944 from the remnants of the 16th Panzergrenadier Division, and the 179th Reserve Panzer Division. The 16th had suffered heavy casualties in combat on the Eastern Front near Stalingrad, and the 179th was a second-line formation that had been on occupation duty in France since 1943.