Russian machine gun oil can,nice condition relic recovered from Seelow Heights 1945 battlefield the opening battle for Berlin

 This is a Russian machine gun oil can which is empty with no oil. The can which has a large impact dent on one side and top it has light surface rust in places but not any heavy thick rust the brass made cap still works are unscrews with its chain attached it retains a lot of original colours it is in overall very nice condition and a very nice example of this oil can battlefield found and more semi-relic then full relic which has been very well cleaned and is perfect for display or any collection. The oil can was recovered from the battlefield on the Seelow Heights in 1945 the opening battle for Berlin.

The Battle of the Seelow Heights was part of the Seelow-Berlin Offensive Operation (16 April-2 May 1945). A pitched battle, it was one of the last assaults on large entrenched defensive positions of the Second World War. It was fought over three days, from 16–19 April 1945. Close to one million Soviet soldiers of the 1st Belorussian Front (including 78,556 soldiers of the Polish 1st Army), commanded by Marshal Georgi Zhukov, attacked the position known as the "Gates of Berlin". They were opposed by about 110,000 soldiers of the German 9th Army commanded by General Theodor Busse, as part of the Army Group Vistula.

This battle is often incorporated into the Battle of the Oder-Neisse. The Seelow Heights was where some of the most bitter fighting in the overall battle took place, but it was only one of several crossing points along the Oder and Neisse rivers where the Soviets attacked. The Battle of the Oder-Neisse was itself only the opening phase of the Battle of Berlin. The result was the encirclement of the German 9th Army and the Battle of Halbe.