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  • Track link connector with part number and green paint remains used by American Sherman tank of the 4th Armoured Division recovered near Bastogne in the Ardennes Forest from the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944-45.

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    This is a very nice condition to find battlefield recovered American track link connector which is complete and in very nice condition with some remains of the original green paintwork and has its part number clear to see the connector is only very lightly pitted still smooth to the touch.This connector which is pretty much undamaged it is rusty but solid and has been very well cleaned it is perfect for display or any collection. This track link connector used by American Sherman tank of the 4th Armoured Division it was recovered near Bastogne in the Ardennes Forest from the battlefield during the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944-45.The connector comes with a A5 laminated information card.

    The 4th Armored Division, after training in England from January to July 1944, landed at Utah Beach 11 July and entered World War II combat 17 July.The Division participated in Operation Cobra, the Normandy Breakout. They secured Coutances, Nantes and then turned east driving across France. September had them crossing the Moselle River and in the vicinity of Nancy. They maintained a defensive posture and line from Chambrey to Henamenil into October. They returned to the line in November near Viviers and crossed the Saar River on the 21st and 22nd.After the Germans launched their Ardennes Offensive, the 4th AD raced northwest to Belgium. Units of the 4th AD were the first Allies to reach the 101st AB at Bastogne. Following the battle of the Bulge, the Allies went on the offensive and the 4th moved east crossing the Moselle and then the Rhine in late March and on to the capture of Lauterbach. By 12 April the Division had crossed the Saale River and continued their advance into Czechoslovakia where World War II for the 4th Armored Division ended on 6 May 1945, Victory in Europe Day.

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