Lovely complete German 76.2mm anti tank gun shell,steel case,fuse dated 1944 maker marked recovered in German ammunition storage bunker used by SS Nordland Division,1944 Narva Battle in Estonia, untouched until recovered in 2022+dig pictures

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This is a part of a group of items recovered in 2022 from an old German ammunition bunker site which was blown up by the Russians after it was captured this is why most of the items are battle-damaged. This is a nice steel made with brass shell case German complete shell 7.62cm pak [36]r anti-tank gun.The shell is in fantastic condition the projectile still with most of its original colour it is wonderfully clean it has a maker mark on the side and waffen stamped also with white painted stripe to identify the shell to the gun crew in the heat of battle. The very rare bit the fuse is in place and screws in and out it has all of its original markings dated 1944 and waffen stamped it is a lovely example near factory mint and it is empty and inert and goes in and out of the steel shell case perfectly well. The case which is a steel made one it is empty and inert as well with a lot of the original steel colour all over it has a few small rust holes it is in very nice semi relic condition at worst but it has no maker markings that can not be seen it has no bad damage but does have some rust holes down one side it does have a bit of discolored patches in places but not to badly at all from being buried as it was inside the tube it has protected it very well the inside has lots of original colour as well a fantastic case that has been very well cleaned it is perfect to display or and unbelievably rare one for any collection to get a near fully marked near mint 75mm pak 40 case with projectile from the battlefield.

The complete shell was recovered from a German ammunition storage bunker which on the information cards you can see what one of these bunkers looked like being made and the plans for one also on the cards are photographs of the recovery of some of the items as they were recovered from the bunker complex this year. The ammunition dump site around Udria was the location of multiple bunkers which were blown up by the Russian Army after capture. Originally used by SS artillery Regiment 11 of the 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland. Originally a rear area storage area for Narva itself, the battle of February-June 1944.This was also the rear area of the German Panther line from July until August 1944 it was part of the battlefield in front of the Tannenberg line on the Northern coast of Estonia from the Narva battlefield in Estonia. The item comes with 3xA5 laminated information cards with many pictures.

The German 7.62cm pak [36]r anti-tank gun this designation was the captured Russian 76.2 mm zis 3 anti-tank gun.Which the Germans rebored the barrel to a larger size to use a pak 40 shell case along with the German made [36]r Which the Germans rebored the barrel to a larger size to use a pak 40 shell case along with the German made [36]r projectile to give the gun more penetrating power against tanks. 

The Battle of Narva took place from February 2, 1944 - August 10, 1944. Basically, the only reason for this battle was Soviet Union's Joseph Stalin wanted the area around Narva (Estonia) for an air base and an entrance for the invasion of Prussia. However, things didn't go as Stalin planned. The German Army hit the Soviets fast and hard resulting in 480,000 casualties compared to Germany's 68,000. The German forces involved the battle were III SS (Germanic) Panzer Corps XXVI Army Corps XXXXIII Army Corps Eastern sector, coastal defence. The 3rd (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps their order battle as of the 15th June 1944 was 103rd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion, SS Nordland Division also 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS 1st Estonian and 4th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Brigade Netherlands.