Tangible links with the battle for Normandy. Leaning against the wall are three road wheels from German half tracks. In front of these are a selection of track links from left to right; Panzer IV, Panther and Sherman. There is also a hatch from a Panther as well as a driver or radio operators hatch from a Tiger I, Sd.kfz 181. The flat plate at the lower left of the picture appears to be a floor pan from a Tiger I. The Tiger I relics can almost certainly be attributed to Schwere Panzer Abt 101, and come from the area where the tank ace Michael Wittman met his death. It is quite possible therefore that the turret floor pan belongs to Wittman's tank. The towing eyes in the foreground also appear to have come from a Tiger, compare these with the smaller example in the background, from a Panzer IV.

Another remarkable find from Normandy. This is the 15cm main armament from a Sd.kfz 166 or Sturmpanzer IV "Brummbar". This would have belonged to a Brummbar of Sturm Panzer Abteilung 217 that fought in Normandy during the Summer of '44. We understand the unit then went to Lorraine during the Autumn. Sadly we know nothing of the circumstances of its loss, other than it now resides in the same collection as the Schwere Pz Abt 101 items pictured above. Visitors will note that a 75 mm round from a Sherman tank is embedded in the rear part of the mantlet, above left.

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