German Grenade Case with Internal Rack and Grenade Types (No) by Lang_DF

This is a 1935 dated original German WW2 stick grenade carry case, complete with internal rack for transporting 15 Model 24 Stielhandgranate (Stick Hand Grenades).

The case still retains all original features including wood carry handle, cross locking system, and has original paint with white stenciling on the exterior and interior that reads:

15 Stielhagr. 24.
RR 1935
Zum Gebrauch beipacken
15 B.Z.24- 4 1/2 Sek,
15 Spr. Kapseln

The internal rack still has the correct original Apfel Grün (Apple Green) paint over red primer with white stenciling, intact wood carry handle and all the heart shaped prongs for retaining the grenades are present. This rack is in very good condition!

here are with 15 reproduction 24 Stielhandgranate (Stick Hand Grenades).

This is a 1940 dated original German WW2 stick grenade carry case, complete with internal rack for transporting 15 Model 24 Stielhandgranate (Stick Hand Grenades).

The case still retains all original features including wood carry handle, cross locking system, and has original paint with white stenciling on the exterior that bears a maker log and 1940. Case measures approximately 19" x 15" x 6".

An amazing set with an early war date of 1940, showed in very good condition: they don't come much better than this!

The internal rack is in very good shape, and retains the grenades using wire style springs. Amazingly all retaining prongs are present! Also included in pictures are 15 reproduction M24 grenades

Original Stielhandgranate 24

Reproduction Stielhandgranate 24

Original Stielhandgranate 24 Geballte Ladung (Anti-Tank Bundle)

Reproduction Stielhandgranate 24 Geballte Ladung (Anti-Tank Bundle)

This is a 1936 dated Practice training Stielhandgranate 24, M24 or M1924,("stalk hand grenade") German Stick Grenade, often called a "potato masher".

This 1936 dated excellent example was recently acquired from a large ordnance collection in the U.S. The bottom cap unscrews to reveal the original spring loaded interior.

The side of the head bears manufacturer code ЯR / 1936, which corresponds to the earliest style marking for manufacture by Richard Rinker GmbH, Menden, Kreis Iserlohn.

Richard Rinker GmbH was founded in 1910, and was situated in Menden in Iserlohn. It specialized in the production of castings, especially of building hardware made of brass.

It was one of the few companies allowed to produce explosives after WWI, and was the original designer of the M24 stick grenade. In the mid-1930s the production was switched to light metals.

They were still in production in 1991, manufacturing heaters under the name BAUFA-Werke Richard Rinker GMBH.

Training grenades are nearly impossible to find as by early 1943 when production of practice grenades had stopped.

Original 1940 Stielhandgranate 24 with Fragmentation Sleeve by Schmole and Comp

It still retains its original paint, and the original markings can be seen on the head and shaft of the grenade.

Also included, the most notable aspect of this rare piece, is an 1944 dated original WW2 FRAGMENTATION SLEEVE (Splitterring für Stielhandgranate) that bears original dunkelgelb (tan) ordnance paint and

The Stielhandgranate 24 contained 165 grams of explosives, and would have a fatal effect on personnel within a radius of a few meters from the blast. The thin metal casing only gave off a small element of fragmentation.

is stamped FCC 44. FCC is the letter code for Metallwarenfabrik Hermann Nier, Beierfeld bei Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirge.

The idea behind the Stielhandgranate 24 was that it was an offensive weapon, and should not be a danger to the user himself. Well into Russia the Wehrmacht quickly found out that the enemy possessed handgrenades with much better effect than their own.

It is also maker stamped on the top stamped ЯR 217 1938. This code corresponds to Schmöle & Comp. Werk Immelborn, bei Bad Salzungen. The head bears all original paint with traces of classic red German wartime primer paint showing through underneath. Also visible is a white WaffenAmt marking.

The front of the war head has white stenciled writing that reads Vor Gebrauch Sprengkapsel Einsetzen (Before use insert detonator).

The wood shaft of the grenade is marked ЯR 1940. The shaft is in excellent condition. The lower screw cap is present and unscrews perfectly. The shaft is correctly hollow to allow the internal components.

Reproduction Stielhandgranate 24 fragmentation Sleeve

This is a original German Eierhandgranate 39 (M39 Egg Hand Grenade) carry case, complete with original internal rack for transporting 30 Model M39 Egg Hand Grenade.

The case is offered in very good solid condition. It still retains all original features including wood carry handle in very good condition, cross locking system, and has original paint.

Some of the paint is missing, which has also removed the stenciled markings on the outside. There is a maker mark and code pressed into the outside handle side edge, it is difficult to read but is present.

The internal rack offered in good condition with original intact carry handle and functional hinges. The rack shows pitting from rust and wear but overall it is solid. It has been expertly stripped and repainted in correct ordnance grey.

here are included 30 reproduction M39 Egg grenades with fuses, the fuses of the grenades were carried in boxes mounted on the top of the rack.

The case is offered in very good solid condition. It still retains all original features including wood carry handle in very good condition, cross locking system, and has original paint. Some of the paint is missing, which has also removed the stenciled markings on the outside.

This is a original dated 1942 Eierhandgranate 39 (M39 Egg Hand Grenade) carry case, complete with original internal rack for transporting 30 Model M39 Egg Hand Grenade.

The internal rack offered in very good restored condition with original intact carry handle and functional hinges. The rack shows pitting from rust and wear but overall it is solid. The rack also marked and and dated as follows:
hts
1942

hts represents Fritz Sauer, Gersthofen bai Ausburg, who was a maker of fireworks in peacetime, and made munitions during the war.

here are included 30 reproduction M39 Egg grenades with fuses, the fuses of the grenades were carried in boxes mounted on the top of the rack.

This example is in very good condition, with almost all of the original paint retained on the body, which still bears originally issue markings! The top is marked with an WaA 300 Waffenamt inspection marking, and the bottom is marked with maker code OZX, for maker Leichtbau Budweis GmbH, a supplier of alloy components to the automotive industry. During WWII they made components for grenades and other explosives.

The grenade still has the original screw off "wings" as well as the blue fuze top, marked awj / 44, for 1944 manufacture by The Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company, located in Velbert, Rheinland. They manufactured various ordnance components and magazines.

The color of the cap indicated the burning time of the type of fuze fitted. Typically, a delay of around 4 seconds was used. However, if a grenade was to be used as a fixed booby-trap then an instantaneous fuse would be fitted. Enemy soldiers who found seemingly discarded grenades would attempt to use them (expecting a standard time delay) only to be blown up the moment they tugged on the pull-cord. Another scenario was to wire an instantaneously fuzed grenade to a door-frame in an abandoned building. Then the pull-cord would be attached to the door. When the door was kicked open by opposing troops the grenade would detonate.

The Model 39 Eihandgranate (or Eierhandgranate, "egg hand grenade") was a German hand grenade introduced in 1939 and produced until the end of World War II. The Eihandgranate used the same fuse assembly (the BZE 39) as the Model 43 Stielhandgranate ("Stick Grenade"), which was screwed into the top of the sheet-metal body. To activate, the domed cap was unscrewed, and the pull-cord that had been coiled inside it was tugged sharply before throwing at the target.

Fuze Cap Colors:
Grey - zero delay (used exclusively for booby-traps and fuse ignitors)
Red - 1 second delay (for coloured smoke, but also booby-traps)
Blue - 4.5 second delay (this was the standard fuze and the one most commonly issued)
Yellow - 7.5 seconds

Original Stielhandgranate 43

This is a example of a July 1944 dated Model 1943 Stick Grenade Stielhandgranate 43.

This specimen is excellent condition with original tan Dunkelgelb paint and is crisply maker stamped 44 dbk on the top of the head and in black stenciled paint Krd Do 7.1944 on the side of the head which translates to Approved for use in cold weather, filled with Donarit, made in July 1944.

The top of the head bears the correct blue painted removable Brennzünder 40 fuze. Overall a fantastic extremely hard to find genuine Stielhandgranate 43 offered in excellent condition!

By 1942 the combined yearly output of all manufacturers of the Stielhandgranate 24 had reached a total of 5,912,000 pieces, but production capacities had reached its limit. Simplifications of the existing design had eased some of the burdens, but they were simply not enough. A whole new design was needed to save both labor hours and raw materials.

The simplified model was designated Stielhandgranate 43 and it was announced in the "Heerestechnische Verordnungsblatt" dated 1 May 1944. The production started in 1944 and continued into 1945. The change in production from the Stielhandgranate 24 to the Stielhandgranate 43 must have taken place quite rapidly for all of the manufacturers.

The main modification was the simplified handle. The new handle saved the industry from drilling out 6 million handles yearly and the manufacturing and installation of 6 million safety caps, porcelain balls, strings, rain caps and thread caps each year.

The new handle simply had a metal cap with pressed threads crimped to the end of the handle. Some of these caps can be found painted in Dunkelgelb, but most have a phosphate finish. Most handles, but not all, had a hole drilled through the handle. This detail is not mentioned in the official announcements about the Stielhandgranate 43, so the official purpose is not known, but it would be helpful as an anchorage if the Stielhandgranate 43 was to be used as a booby trap. The lower cover plate of the head was solid with stamped threads set in a well that would accept the handle. The head could be carried and thrown like the Eihandgranate 39 by removing the handle. The detonator channel was no longer attached to a separate lid, but was now spot welded or crimped directly to the top of the head and had internal threads to accept the fuse.

The head was assembled in the same way as the Stielhandgranate 24. The waxed paper bag with the explosives was placed inside the head and the lower cover plate, with the threads for the handle, was crimped in place. Although the constructional drawing shows an additional cover plate in the bottom, inspections of opened surviving examples reveals that this was not installed at the factory.

Apart from the much simplified manufacturing process the new model also had the advantage of much better and easier waterproofing. The head was hermetically sealed and the fuse was screwed into the fuse channel sealing off the access to the Sprengkapseln once installed. The Stielhandgranate 43 was also claimed to be easier to handle, with the fuse in the top of the head.

The Brennzünder 24 was replaced with the Brennzünder für Eihandgranaten 39 with modified wings. The Brennzünder für Eihandgranaten 39 had down folded wings that would follow the contour of the egg, but would not have fitted the head of the new Stielhandgranate 43. The quick-fix was just to turn the wings upside-down. The sole mission of the wings was to assist in the mounting and removing of the fuse.
The Brennzünder für Eihandgranaten 39 worked on the same principle as the Brennzünder 24. Pulling the friction wire through the friction composition contained in the capsule would result in a flame that ignited the delay pellet (black cylinder in the picture above). When the delay pellet burned through, it ignited the detonator.

In December 1944 a new fuse was introduced to replace the Brennzünder für Eihandgranaten 39, the Brennzünder 40. Outwards the fuses looked identical, but the ignition system was completely different. The Brennzünder 40 consisted of a spring loaded striker and a small percussion cap. A strong pull on the rope causes the striker release plate to be drawn from the igniter body, carrying with it the striker and compressing the striker spring. When the release plate is withdrawn fully from the igniter body, it disengages from the striker and the striker is released. The compressed striker spring then forces the striker to impinge upon the percussion cap. The percussion cap will then ignite the delay pellet, burning for 4.5 seconds.

The problem with both the Brennzünder 24, the Brennzünder 39, the Brennzünder 39 (umg.) and the Brennzünder für Eihandgranaten 39 had been the "soft firing", written as the warning "mit weicher Abfeuerung" on the boxes. The soldier igniting the handgrenade would have no warning to tell him if he had in fact succeeded to ignite the delay pellet, leading to fatal accidents. The new Brennzünder 40 would give off a sharp sound when the striker ignited the percussion cap, actually saving lives! Both the Brennzünder für Eihandgranaten 39 and the Brennzünder 40 had a blue head (Blaukopf), denoting a 4,5 second delay. Different versions of the Brennzünder. Red head (Rotkopf) has a 1 second delay, mostly used in boxes of colored smoke and message boxes dropped from aircraft, but also used in booby traps. Gray head (Graukopf) was instant, used for demolition work, booby traps and ignition of black powder fuses. Blue head (Blaukopf) had a 4.5 second delay, used in different types of handgrenades.The Stielhandgranate 43 was mainly delivered in Dunkelgelb (tan) color.

The markings followed the same pattern as the Stielhandgranate 24, with black ink denoting the explosive contents. "Krd Do 7.1944" should translate to "Approved for use in cold weather, filled with Donarit, made in July 1944". The maker code and year of production was metal-stamped both to the top and the bottom of the head, and burnt or pressed into the handle. Registered manufacturers of the Stielhandgranate 43 so far includes aqj, bdp., brb, dbk, dol, evy, eyu, fcc, flf, ftd, gck, wc and prd.

This is a example of a 1944 dated Model Stielhandgranate 43 Marked fcc 44

This specimen is in very good condition with original paint and is crisply maker stamped 44 fcc on the shaft. This code corresponds to the maker Metallwarenfabrik Hermann Nier, Beierfeld bei Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirge.

The head bears a rare SS smooth fragmentation sleeve, and a correct WWII marked Brennzünder für Eihandgranaten 39 fuze with modified wings
The markings followed the same pattern as the Stielhandgranate 24, with black ink denoting the explosive contents. "Krd Do 7.1944" should translate to "Approved for use in cold weather, filled with Donarit, made in July 1944". The maker code and year of production was metal-stamped both to the top and the bottom of the head, and burnt or pressed into the handle. Registered manufacturers of the Stielhandgranate 43 so far includes aqj, bdp., brb, dbk, dol, evy, eyu, fcc, flf, ftd, gck, wc and prd.

By 1942 the combined yearly output of all manufacturers of the Stielhandgranate 24 had reached a total of 5,912,000 pieces, but production capacities had reached its limit. Simplifications of the existing design had eased some of the burdens, but they were simply not enough. A whole new design was needed to save both labor hours and raw materials.

The simplified model was designated Stielhandgranate 43 and it was announced in the "Heerestechnische Verordnungsblatt" dated 1 May 1944. The production started in 1944 and continued into 1945. The change in production from the Stielhandgranate 24 to the Stielhandgranate 43 must have taken place quite rapidly for all of the manufacturers.

main modification was the simplified handle. The new handle saved the industry from drilling out 6 million handles yearly and the manufacturing and installation of 6 million safety caps, porcelain balls, strings, rain caps and thread caps each year.

The new handle simply had a metal cap with pressed threads crimped to the end of the handle. Some of these caps can be found painted in Dunkelgelb, but most have a phosphate finish. Most handles, but not all, had a hole drilled through the handle. This detail is not mentioned in the official announcements about the Stielhandgranate 43, so the official purpose is not known, but it would be helpful as an anchorage if the Stielhandgranate 43 was to be used as a booby trap. The lower cover plate of the head was solid with stamped threads set in a well that would accept the handle. The head could be carried and thrown like the Eihandgranate 39 by removing the handle. The detonator channel was no longer attached to a separate lid, but was now spot welded or crimped directly to the top of the head and had internal threads to accept the fuse.

The head was assembled in the same way as the Stielhandgranate 24. The waxed paper bag with the explosives was placed inside the head and the lower cover plate, with the threads for the handle, was crimped in place. Although the constructional drawing shows an additional cover plate in the bottom, inspections of opened surviving examples reveals that this was not installed at the factory.

Apart from the much simplified manufacturing process the new model also had the advantage of much better and easier waterproofing. The head was hermetically sealed and the fuse was screwed into the fuse channel sealing off the access to the Sprengkapseln once installed. The Stielhandgranate 43 was also claimed to be easier to handle, with the fuse in the top of the head.

The Brennzünder 24 was replaced with the Brennzünder für Eihandgranaten 39 with modified wings. The Brennzünder für Eihandgranaten 39 had down folded wings that would follow the contour of the egg, but would not have fitted the head of the new Stielhandgranate 43. The quick-fix was just to turn the wings upside-down. The sole mission of the wings was to assist in the mounting and removing of the fuse.

The Brennzünder für Eihandgranaten 39 worked on the same principle as the Brennzünder 24. Pulling the friction wire through the friction composition contained in the capsule would result in a flame that ignited the delay pellet (black cylinder in the picture above). When the delay pellet burned through, it ignited the detonator.

In December 1944 a new fuse was introduced to replace the Brennzünder für Eihandgranaten 39, the Brennzünder 40. Outwards the fuses looked identical, but the ignition system was completely different. The Brennzünder 40 consisted of a spring loaded striker and a small percussion cap. A strong pull on the rope causes the striker release plate to be drawn from the igniter body, carrying with it the striker and compressing the striker spring. When the release plate is withdrawn fully from the igniter body, it disengages from the striker and the striker is released. The compressed striker spring then forces the striker to impinge upon the percussion cap. The percussion cap will then ignite the delay pellet, burning for 4.5 seconds.

The problem with both the Brennzünder 24, the Brennzünder 39, the Brennzünder 39 (umg.) and the Brennzünder für Eihandgranaten 39 had been the "soft firing", written as the warning "mit weicher Abfeuerung" on the boxes. The soldier igniting the handgrenade would have no warning to tell him if he had in fact succeeded to ignite the delay pellet, leading to fatal accidents. The new Brennzünder 40 would give off a sharp sound when the striker ignited the percussion cap, actually saving lives! Both the Brennzünder für Eihandgranaten 39 and the Brennzünder 40 had a blue head (Blaukopf), denoting a 4,5 second delay. Different versions of the Brennzünder. Red head (Rotkopf) has a 1 second delay, mostly used in boxes of colored smoke and message boxes dropped from aircraft, but also used in booby traps. Gray head (Graukopf) was instant, used for demolition work, booby traps and ignition of black powder fuses. Blue head (Blaukopf) had a 4.5 second delay, used in different types of handgrenades.The Stielhandgranate 43 was mainly delivered in Dunkelgelb (tan) color.

German Grenade Case with Internal Rack and Grenade Types

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