WW2 Lamp made from German Relics (Falaise Pocket)

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WW2 Lamp made from German Relics (Falaise Pocket)  Unique lamp made from relics , German steel helmet ,Bayonet scabbard, German M24 Stick Grenade wooden handle.

All items came from a field near Trun France , where lots of German equipment was buried after the battle in the Falaise Pocket, Normandy.

All pieces are genuine and have been recovered , lamp has been professionally wired and has passed a UK PAT safety test.

All the pieces have been coated with a sealer to stop anymore corrosion, and items have been nicely mounted onto an oak plinth, with green felt base.   pin plug included and cable has a on/off switch.

Plaque to base .

The Falaise pocket or battle of the Falaise pocket (German: Kessel von Falaise; 12–21 August 1944) was the decisive engagement of the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. A pocket was formed around Falaise, Calvados, in which the German Army Group B, with the 7th Army and the Fifth Panzer Army (formerly Panzergruppe West) were encircled by the Western Allies. It is also referred to as the battle of the Falaise gap (after the corridor which the Germans sought to maintain to allow their escape).^{[nb 2]} The battle resulted in the destruction of most of Army Group B west of the Seine, which opened the way to Paris and the Franco-German border for the Allied armies on the Western Front.

Six weeks after D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, the German Army was in turmoil. The Allied Army had experienced severe resistance from the German Army in Normandy. Caen was expected to be liberated by British forces immediately after the invasion but would take nearly two months to liberate. Similarly, St Lô was anticipated to be in US control by the second day of the invasion. The German forces fought furiously and US forces did not liberate St Lô until after the British liberation of Caen. However, the German Army had been expending irreplaceable resources in the attempt to defend the Normandy frontline. Also, the Allied air forces had air superiority up to 100 km behind enemy lines. Allied forces continuously bombed and strafed vital German logistical lines that provided reinforcements and supplies, such as fuel and ammunition. On the Eastern Front, the Soviet Union’s Operation Bagration and the Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive were in the midst of destroying the German Army Group Centre. In France, the German Army had used its available reserves (especially its armour reserves) to buttress the front lines around Caen, and there were few additional troops available to create successive lines of defence. To make matters worse, the 20 July plot—in which officers of the German Army, including some stationed in France, tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler and seize power—had failed, and in its aftermath there was very little trust between Hitler and his generals.

WW2 Lamp made from German Relics (Falaise Pocket)