m1917 n/A German egg grenade mold 1

[dano1917]

Pictured here is one of my favorite m1917 n/A egg grenade mold variants. It will be referred to as "mold 1" in the book. The hand grip ring has higher raised "aggressive" teeth with a fair amount of space between the individual teeth. Most often it is found (as is this one) with HWB stamped within a circle on the base. I know this is hair splitting but I am assigning different mold #'s to the different variants of the egg that are out there. I have since replaced the shipping plug with the m1916 percussion igniter (on my avatar) and this would be my personal favorite egg, even above the smooth sided m1917 egg grenade. I have I think 14 eggs in my collection with no 2 the same and will certainly add more as time goes by (the eggs are still generally inexpensive). This with about 100 different reasons is why my book is taking so long. I will try to be as comprehensive as possible.......Dano

[butterfly]

Nice one Dano!!
As a casual observer I hadn't noticed the differences before and since reading your various threads will pay them much more attention than previously. Its always interesting to read the finer points and why it is great to have collectors like yourself that specialise in a certain field.
Many thanks for sharing, and all the best with the ongoing book!!

regards Kev

[dano1917]

Thanks Kev, Appreciate that so much. One thing that somewhat puzzles is that I have never seen this mold variant in practice form. All of the other variants I have confirmed existance of a practice version (painted red with or without holes in body), so if anyone knows of/has one by all means let me know..........Dano

[dano1917]

This one will get assigned mold #2. It has the high raised teeth but the spacing between the teeth is much smaller (Right hand side of photo). This one is found with a mishmash of different makers marks on the base. In general I have found with the eggs that the ones with the more aggressive grip ring teeth are harder to find than all the others.......Dano

[butterfly]

Thanks Kev, Appreciate that so much. One thing that somewhat puzzles is that I have never seen this mold variant in practice form. All of the other variants I have confirmed existance of a practice version (painted red with or without holes in body), so if anyone knows of/has one by all means let me know..........Dano

I'm sure its out there somewhere Dano!!.........good luck in tracking it down.
regards Kev

[dano1917]

By the way, if anyone has an m1917 or m1917 n/A that is "different" than you are used to seeing, i'd sure like to know about it.............Dano

[dano1917]

The photo on the left i'll refer to as mold 3. It gets a mold designation not because of the HEH stamping on the side (which is unique) but because of the snout effect where the igniter screws in. Mold 4 goes to egg on right which will cover all eggs that are not mold 1,2 or 3. On my avatar the left egg is mold 2 and the one on the right is mold 1. The mold 4's have the grip ring but are flatter than molds 1 and 2. The mold 3 egg (on left) used to be mine and I traded it back to the collector I had got it from. I'm currently trying to get it back and the price may be dear. This was one I did not want to slip away. Oh well.....Dano

[dano1917]

To simplify the assigned mold numbers of the German WW1 egg grenade they are from left to right
1) mold 1 (pronounced teeth with wide spacing between)
2) mold 2 (egg on right) (pronounced teeth closer spaced)
3) mold 3 (note snout where igniter screws in)
4) mold 4 (covers all the flatter lugged versions)

[moondoggy]

Here are the eggs in my collection. The one on the top was nickel plated at one time, but has an interesting grip ring.

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[Baldari]

Hi,
I'm new on this forum, and for my first post i would like to show you a piece of my collection. Egg grenades and things conected to them.

I hope you like it.

Baldari