Corgi Sd.Kfz. 7/1 Krauss-Maffei, Semi Track, German Army, Hermann Goering Panzer Corps, Sicily 1943/44. CC60003REF:CC60003 Scale 1:50 Length 136mm Limited Edition From Corgi’s World War II Adversaries Series I is this Limited Edition 1:50 scale Sd.Kfz. 7/1 Krauss-Maffei, semi track of the German Army.The Herman Goering Division was despatched to Naples during the summer of 1943, and then to Sicily with the 15th Panzer Grenadier Division. Initially, the Division met with success and held off the Allied advance on Sicily, but was eventually forced to retreat, losing most of its Panzer III and IV tanks. The remaining personnel and equipment were evacuated from Messina during Operation Lehrgang, and then used again to great effect in slowing the Allied advance on mainland Italy. Their defence of the Gustav Line at Cassino was tenacious. This version has the standard dark yellow undercoat with stripes and patches of dark olive green applied. It also carries the distinctive Hermann Goering oak leaf division insignia and unique coloured disk unit recognition symbol.
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