Russian T34 tank wheel hub which has 5 bolt holes,middle track wheel recovered from the site of a destroyed T34 tank in the area of Wandlitz in North Berlin captured by the Russian 3rd Shock Army the April 1945 battle

This is a Russian T34 tank wheel hub which has 5 bolt holes which means its from the middle track wheels.The hub is in relic but solid condition it is complete and has all the bolt holes it is rusty but solid and has some very small amount of paint it has been very well cleaned up it is 7 inches wide and perfect for display or any collection and a heavy lump of Russian tank.The wheel hub was recovered from the site of a destroyed T34 tank in the area of Wandlitz which is north of the district of Pankow which is in North Berlin captured by the Russian 3rd Shock Army on there way to capturing Pankow its self on the 23rd April 1945 during the Battle for the city in the last days of the War and of the Reich.The wheel hub comes with a A5 laminated information card with picture.

The 3rd Army took Pankow, a suburb of Berlin, on 23 April 1945. A week later, two regiments of the 150th Rifle Division, 79th Rifle Corps in the 3rd shock army were responsible for erecting flags over the Reichstag on 30 April 1945, one of which was known as the victory banner.The Red Army crossed Germany's border on the 12th January 1945 and forced the 9th Army to retreat all along the front until it was deployed westward to the river Oder. Three of the 9th Army's formations were tasked with defending the Seelow Heights, which was the last defensible region before Berlin. In total the 9th Army was reduced to 100,000 men and 800 tanks and assault guns against which the Soviets had over 1,000,000 men and 10,000 tanks and assault guns. The Battle of the Seelow Heights started on 16 April 1945 when Marshal Georgy Zhukov’s 1st Belorussian Front attacked across the Oder.