WW1 Stick Grenades.

[Bullet Mick]

Picked up these two stick grenades at war and peace and was told they are 1915 models. They were in a bit of a state so i cleaned them up and gave them a coat of boot polish. The ends i was told were found with the grenades but who knows. Ive inserted welding rods in the stick cord holes so that they display ok. The bead was still in the cap which is marked with the S. Does anyone know what the S stands for and are they 1915 models im struggling to find any info on these. Cheers Mick.

 

[siegfreid]

Mick . They are either M1916 or M1917 models . The M1915 did n't have a screw on end cap . Mike

 

[jeeeensy]

Hi Mick
They are mod 15's the mod 16 /17 had a smaller can, ( due to better filler ) the zinc screw cap was introduced to take the place of the waxed paper cap and thus formed a cross-over with some mod 15's
having waxed caps and later having screw caps. A nice dispaly,, well done.

Regards nick

 

[jeeeensy]

this will throw a bit of a spin on things...

Hi Mick
They are mod 15's the mod 16 /17 had a smaller can, ( due to better filler ) the zinc screw cap was introduced to take the place of the waxed paper cap and thus formed a cross-over with some mod 15's
having waxed caps and later having screw caps. A nice dispaly,, well done.

Regards nick

Hi...... this will throw a bit of a spin on things...

First thier was the M1915 large can with so many varients of these but all similar and the early ones with a basic pull cord with a ball finish on the bottom of the handle then onto the Wilhelm type handle with the early early ones with a waxed paper bottom caps then a crossover onto the screw cap types and then as time went on the build was standardised to the Mod 1916/17 with the smaller can that became the for-runner for the M24 used in WW2...

Here you will see here that the large Model 1915 can on the left,,,then another large can middle what looks like a Mod 1915..!!!! then the model 1916/17 on the right.
The middle one is the crossover from Mod 1915 can to smaller Mod 1916/17 can during standardisation of the Stielhandgranate.
This has a wooden spacer fitted on the can to reduce the amount of explosive filler used in filling.

There's not to many of these around, it has the same looks as the Mod 1916/17 but on steriods and can be mistaken for the Mod 1915.


Regards Nick

 

[Bullet Mick]

Thanks for that Nick great grenades in a bit better condition than mine.

Cheers Mick.

 

[jeeeensy]

Thanks Mick,,

nice ones getting harder to find these days

But the relic ones hold more character in my rekoning as they tell a different story,,,

Best Regards nick

Thanks for that Nick great grenades in a bit better condition than mine.

Cheers Mick.