G005156 EARLY M1915 STICK GRENADE WITH AN EXTERNAL "SPOON" DETONATOR. (Stielhandgranate) An early stick grenade, whose sheet metal head and lathed wooden handle measure 14 1/2" tall inclusively. The cylindrical head, 2 7/8" in diameter and 4 1/8" tall, has a removable top held in place by two brazed, bent-over tabs, and raised studs to the upper body which fit into corresponding, cut-out slots along the descending edge of the top. The top is now fused to the body. Along the side of the head is a 3/4" wide, brazed-on, folded-over, 3 5/8" tall metal tab for attaching the grenade to a belt or boot. A threaded collar is to the base of the head, part of which is presently absent, which screws unto the raised threads to the top of the handle. With the handle unscrewed from the head, a short, 3/8" diameter collar for the, absent, detonator may be seen to the center of the raised threads, and the collar descending from them is attached to the top of the handle by four rivets. The wooden handle has an unusual metal arrangement along its side, 7 3/4" in overall length. It is comprised of a 2 5/8" long bracket, doubly screwed to the handle on extended flanges at either of its ends, with two rivets passing through it along its length, one of which secures a 6 1/4" long metal element widening at its base into a "spoon"-like form, underneath of which it is attached to the handle by a spring, with the other rivet securing a 1 3/8" long metal element whose hooked end feeds through a brass eye rising from the interior of the handle. A removable prong, with a ring to one end, is fed through a hole which passes through the bracket and the end of the longer element within it. It may be assumed that with the prong pulled, the spring to the longer element would push its other end down, pushing the shorter element’s hook up, pulling on the brass eye linked to the detonator inside the handle. If the mechanism functions as described, the spring to the "spoon" base would also, as in modern grenades after the pin is pulled, have allowed the user to prevent its arming until his grip was released. It would appear that this arrangement has been re-painted, masking its moderate surface spotting. The remainder of the metal elements to the handle, and the handle itself, appear to retain their original finishes, with the expected age darkening. The head of the grenade exhibits moderate to heavy wear, and may also have been re-painted, although it is difficult to determine in its present condition. Rare and unique.

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