M1915 Stielhandgranate with 7 second fuze

[Grabenhelm]

Stiehlhandgranate mit Brennznder, introduced in 1915. From what I've been able to find out, this model (with this variant of canister and the 7 second fuze) is apparently one of the first manufactured versions of the friction fuze stick grenade. It's in surprisingly good condition with most of the original field grey paint and even the paper label still intact. The handle has the remains of the lacquer that coated the paper wrap cover of the pull cord loop, and it also has the narrow recessed slot which held this loop in place. Any further information would be very welcome. I haven't been able to locate many other examples of this exact type of maker variant for comparison.

 

[Grabenhelm]

Some more pictures, a few of which show it beside the M17 for comparison.

Thanks for looking

Hans

 

[25thapril]

Great looking grenade thanks for showing {This might even make Jeeensy jealous lol }

 

[jeeeensy]

ooooohhhhhh that's nice.. wanna sell or trade it . ill part ex my wife n kids

very nice .. I saw this on a site a while ago.. missed it though ,, obviously nice hard to find gren,, well done.