Fantastic complete German 75mm KwK40 armour piercing round, steel shell case dated 1944,brass wash fired by German panzer 4 tank in the Panzer Lehr Division it was recovered from a lake East of Bastogne,Ardennes Forest from the Battle of Bulge,1944-45.

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This is a nice condition German near complete armour piercing round with steel shell case KwK40  fired by Panzer 4 tank. The projectile still with most of its original colour black colour and complete with its ballistic cap the projectile is empty and inert and goes in and out of the shell case but very stiff and hard to do so. The case is steel made with lots of brass wash remains it is in very nice relic but solid condition and discolored from being in the water it has some of its original maker markings including waffen stamp and dated 1944 on the bottom pretty clear to see on the bottom of the case it is complete with its primer as well.The case has some damage on the bottom of the case and has discolored in places but the case has lots of original colour as well it does have a couple of rust holes it has been very well cleaned it is perfect to display or and a rare one for any collection to get a 75mm kwk case with projectile from the battlefield. The shell case and projectile are empty and inert and the complete shell was fired by German panzer 4 tank in the panzer Lehr division it was recovered from a lake East of Bastogne in the Ardennes Forest from the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944-45.The shell case comes with 2x A5 laminated information cards with pictures and a marked map showing the area where the case was found.