German 20mm Flak 30/38 Anti-Aircraft gun magazine twin carry box with lots of original sand colour tropical tan paintwork solid relic recovered at La Mare des Pierres the battlefield of the Bloody Gulch,Carentan,13th June 1944,Normandy

This is a German 20mm Flak 30/38 Anti-aircraft gun magazine box which is nice condition better then relic which has only slight bent out of shape dent on one side could be fixed. The box does have lots of its original sand colour tropical tan paintwork and there is a lot of paintwork outside and some on the inside of the box .The lid can be opened and closed but not locked because of the dent and on the inside it still has both its magazine holding brackets.The box is complete with both carry handles which move but its lock is broken the box only has a very few small rust holes only it is in overall very nice condition but still very rare to find from the battlefield in such good condition with so much paintwork basically this one is semi relic box it is a very solid not braking up at all and a cracking condition relic.The box was recovered in the area of La Mare des Pierres defended by American paratroopers on the battlefield of the Bloody Gulch south of Carentan on the 13th June 1944 in Normandy.The bomb comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards with a map of the battle.

At dawn on June 13, the 101st Airborne was about to attack the German line until it was suddenly attacked itself by tanks and heavy artillery. Two battalions of the 37th Panzergrenadier Regiment, supported by the 17th Panzer Battalion and Fallschirmjager Regiment 6. The 501st Regiment, on the American left flank, took heavy losses and had to withdraw completely. Company’s Dog and Fox of the 506th, on the left flank, eventually withdrew as well, and by noon the spearheads of the German attack had come within 500 yards of Carentan. Only Company E (Easy) of the 506th Regiment, commanded by First Lieutenant Richard D. Winters, anchored its right flank against a railway and held its position. Fortified by the 2nd/502nd Regiment, Easy Company was able to hold off the German attacks until American tanks came to reinforce them. In response to the German counterattack, General Bradley moved the U.S. 2nd Armored Division into Carentan at 10:30 a.m. At 2 pm the 2nd Division attacked, supported by the self-propelled 105-mm howitzers of the 14th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. A unit of tanks and mechanised infantry moved towards Baupte in the area of the 2nd/506th’s where they crushed the German main lines. A second unit pushed back German troops along the Périers motorway, inflicting heavy losses in men and equipment. The 2nd Division then moved one kilometre west behind the original lines.

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