Original German WWI Inert M1915 Poppenberg Percussion Stick Hand Grenade Head & Fittings with Reproduction Wooden Handle- Stielhandgranate 21st Century along with lot number

along with lot number

together with the rest of the 82nd Airborne Division (minus the 504th PIR) where they began training for Operation Overlord

The back of the picture indicates that it is for a Enlisted Man in the "Stahlhelm" organization

as part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF): it remained there until May 1940

to January

Original German WWI Inert M1915 Poppenberg Percussion Stick Hand Grenade Head & Fittings with Reproduction Wooden Handle- Stielhandgranate 21st Century along with lot numberOriginal Item: Only One Available. Germany entered World War I with a single grenade design: a heavy 750 gram (26 oz) ball shaped fragmentation grenade for use only by pioneers in attacking fortifications. This was known as the Kugelhandgranate ("ball hand grenade") also known as Khg Mod. 1913, the first German hand fragmentation grenade. However it was too heavy for regular use on the battlefield by untrained troops and not suitable for mass