The photo of the Wehrmacht motorbike recovered in Budapest is travelling around the world: from "Times of India" and "Vietnam.VN" via British media such as the "Daily Mirror" through to US platforms like Yahoo Autos, media are reporting on the spectacular find.
According to Hungary's Institute and Museum of Military History, the recovered motorbike is a DKW NZ 350-1.
Among motorcyclists at the time, the DKW NZ 250 and NZ 350 models were considered particularly tough and reliable. In 1944, therefore, the NZ 350-1 was introduced as a version developed specifically for wartime use.
The Hungarian museum recovered the machine on 2 August at Batthyány Square, opposite the parliament. The motorbike is almost completely preserved. Saturated with water and mud when it was raised, it weighed in at more than 200 kilograms. It is currently being cleaned and conserved in the museum's hangar in Budapest.
The DKW NZ 350-1 was produced between 1944 and 1945, with just under 12,000 units built by the end of the war.
