Fake Potato Masher?

[t_player]

Picked this up at a flea market. Girl said she found it cleaning up her grandfathers garage. Good story! It was cheap and probably cost less than a good reproduction so I bought it. The end weighs a ton and probably solid metal. Even the end cap has cosmoline inside it. Good fake?

[t_player]

pics

[Ferdinand W.]

not a fake

Hi t_player !

It is not a fake but a rather early German WWII practice handgrenade.
The markings are fine - rather rare to see one like this nowadays.

It has probably the same weight as the full original.

Best regards,

Ferdinand W.
Luxembourg

[t_player]

Thanks for that information that made my day

[Infanteer]

Never seen one of these before. Thanks for sharing your cool find

[paulj]

I got one when I was a kid in the 1960's through an ad from a mail order surplus business. It was identical. I figured it was a fake and sold it. I wonder if yours came from the same source.

[t_player]

http://wwhttp://www.quanonline.com/military/m...ront/stick.phpw. Found this link.

[Grenademan2005]

Hi t_player !

It is not a fake but a rather early German WWII practice handgrenade.
The markings are fine - rather rare to see one like this nowadays.

It has probably the same weight as the full original.

Best regards,

Ferdinand W.
Luxembourg

Really?

[me6_130]

It looks like solid aluminium, is it?

Carles

[t_player]

It's not magnetic so probably is!