INERT DEACTIVATED. Rare And Original German Type 1916 German Fused Stick Grenade with Greased Paper Sealer for the Ignitor Cord. O 2239 INERT DEACTIVATED. Rare And Original German Type 1916 German Fused Stick Grenade with Greased Paper Sealer for the Ignitor Cord. O 2239 Various Other Ammunition

INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a rare and original German Fused Stick Grenade type 1916 ‘potato masher stick grenade’. This grenade is an early example of the type 1916 grenade utilising the explosive canister off the earlier fused stick grenade with automatic igniter 1916. The 75mm diameter by 108mm steel body has a cap held on by two bayonet lugs and two steel fold over lugs each held on by four bend over tabs on the lid. The steel belt hook is held on by two rivets. The wooden throwing shaft at the base has a waxed paper and wax seal to seal the pull chord which does not have the ceramic pull ring fitted. The sticks has a threaded steel collar held on by four domed headed screws and is stamped 5 ½ Sekunden (5 ½ seconds delay) E.L.B and a manufacturers sunburst monogram. See German Grenades of The Great War by Patrice Delahomme, with the article on ‘fused stick grenade, Type 1916’. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this inert grenade in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 2239