German 2cm or 20mm Flak 30/38 Anti-Aircraft gun wooden ammunition crate.with some maker markings used post war recovered near the town of Kalach in the area they captured in the battle of July-August 1942 on the Stalingrad front in Russia.

This is a German 2cm or 20mm Flak 30/38 Anti-Aircraft gun wooden ammunition crate which is not complete it is missing its lid and has an extra bit of wood added. The box is in nice condition the wood still retains a most of its original brown finish it has no real damage only to the top where the lid which is missing the crate is still very solid not braking up or falling apart no wood worm either a well preserved box it has original war time stamped black ink markings on the side and on the front all clear to see and it has no carry handles.On the inside some knocks and marks from use but nothing bad it is a nice post war used example of this famous ammunition crate which was recovered near the town of Kalach in the area they captured in the battle of July-August 1942 on the Stalingrad front in Russia.The crate comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards with pictures.

The Battle of Kalach took place between the German Sixth Army and elements of the Soviet Stalingrad Front between July 25 and August 11, 1942. The Soviets deployed the 62nd and 64th Armies in a Don River bridgehead west of Kalach with the intent of impeding the German advance on Stalingrad which they managed to do for a few weeks before they were destroyed or captured by the German 6th Army then they advanced to Stalingrad.

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