.....what can still be found today. I have had many many rifle grenades, but never even close to this. Fresh out of the woods, a GG30 in its untouched extramint condition, with the cardbox container and the propelling cartrige wrapped around the grenade.
The cardbox container:
very nicely marked with "gjd 44" which is Papier- u. Kartonnagen-Fabrik Richard Popper, Inh from 1944
The grenade:
minty yellow GG30, marked "44 wa". Fuse AZ5071 St perfectly marked with "wa" as well, same manufacturer (I think Hugo Schneider)
Propelling cartrige:
with the blue wooden bullet which should be for this time. Nicely marked "eej44" as well.
Internals:
the cardboard "container" that holds the explosive cylinder, the cylinder now beeing a dummy made of wood. Looks exactly like the original. The paper label with the writing "Sprengladung für Gewehrsprenggranate" (explosive for rifle grenade). Another cardboard disc. And even a cellophane disc to seal off the igniter, which I have never seen or aknowledged before. And the igniter (now inert), nicely marked "M/43" as well.
All in all I think a remarkable piece of german ordonance in a detailed level that I have never seen or documented before.
Enjoy!
The cardbox container:
very nicely marked with "gjd 44" which is Papier- u. Kartonnagen-Fabrik Richard Popper, Inh from 1944
The grenade:
minty yellow GG30, marked "44 wa". Fuse AZ5071 St perfectly marked with "wa" as well, same manufacturer (I think Hugo Schneider)
Propelling cartrige:
with the blue wooden bullet which should be for this time. Nicely marked "eej44" as well.
Internals:
the cardboard "container" that holds the explosive cylinder, the cylinder now beeing a dummy made of wood. Looks exactly like the original. The paper label with the writing "Sprengladung für Gewehrsprenggranate" (explosive for rifle grenade). Another cardboard disc. And even a cellophane disc to seal off the igniter, which I have never seen or aknowledged before. And the igniter (now inert), nicely marked "M/43" as well.
All in all I think a remarkable piece of german ordonance in a detailed level that I have never seen or documented before.
Enjoy!
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