This antique German made TURKISH GALLIPOLI-USED grenade was purchased in combination with previously SOLD LOT # 1288397036

Removal of such items from that hallowed area is now prohibited so do not expect to see any more of this type of thing listed

EARLY World War One era German manufactured FIRST TYPE Model 1913 Kugel Hand Grenade issued to their Turkish allies

This example was excavated as a "Live" grenade in ANZAC Cove Gallipoli and has had it's charge and unused primer/detonator removed so it is now totally INERT and is sold as a display item only

The body of the grenade has been treated with anti rust agents and been repainted to preserve it from further rust degradation (the interior is "like new")

HISTORY of the Mk 1 Kugel.....

Careful observers of the Russo-japanese 1904 war, several European armies including France and Germany recognized the need to pay some interest again to this 400 years old weapon almost forgotten.

The 'Kugelhandgranate 1913' is a first development (dated 1913) of the previous centuries ball grenades.

These cast iron spheres were machined with outside deep fragmentation grooves (for the production of 70 to 80 pieces), drilled with a threaded hole made to receive a transportation plug, then an igniter in fighting conditions.

This traction igniter was a hollow bronze tube, filled with compressed black powder (giving a 7 seconds delay, or 5 seconds for the red-painted igniters), and triggered by pulling a brass wire attached to a friction block dipped in a mixture of glass, manganese bioxyde and potassium chlorate.

The German troops entered the war in 1914 with reasonable quantities of such grenades, relatively modern thanks to their fragmentation design and their igniter quite insensible to the humidity.

SPECIFICATIONS = Weight 1 kg, including 45 g. black powder / baryte nitrate / potassium perchlorate mixture