Late war M39 concrete egg grenade.

[WerferOfMinens]

Had the pleasure of adding this to my collection recently. I got it off a grenade collector local to me and it is one of the gems of my collection and probably will be until something else catches my fancy.

[klarkon]

It is a small problem with concrete grenades and mines - how to know that they are genuine ???

[jeeeensy]

A good nose will soon tell you if its new made,, concrete take 30 years to cure properly, will smell the cement in it if its new made

Regards nick

[oberjaeger]

this is the slim one....also a fat one exist someone from the e.o.d. told me

[klarkon]

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EiHgr.39 Splitterbeton

[klarkon]

jeeeensy - but today is over 70 years after war.................

[oberjaeger]

cool, many thanks for your posting, the Splitterbeton Eihandgranate looks different to the slim and fat one....

[jeeeensy]

yes.. correct,,, is 70 years after war,, if a new made concrete item was made recently , it will take a long time to cure and still smell fresh for a long time.. if made after the war as a copie sure would not have the smell of the cement in it,, this would have long gone if made a long time ago, what I am saying is if it is fairly recent made it will still smell of cement.

[oberjaeger]

another one...

[Timmymc]

Both are super examples, thanks for sharing guys. Still don't know where I'm going to find mine, but I will. great grenades boys!

[oberjaeger]

here is the slim example and the fat one.....both original found in the Breslau area while e.o.d. clearance

[oberjaeger]

here is another example....this one came out of an old collection, the last eggs which were found came mostly from the breslau area...the concrete eggs i have are all with some small rusty scraps in the concrete body. the body was filled with a half Bohrpatrone....

[Euronymous]

yes.. correct,,, is 70 years after war,, if a new made concrete item was made recently , it will take a long time to cure and still smell fresh for a long time.. if made after the war as a copie sure would not have the smell of the cement in it,, this would have long gone if made a long time ago, what I am saying is if it is fairly recent made it will still smell of cement.

Honestly, who can believe this kind of item could be copied ? They are not very collectable. Fakers have better to do !

[WWIIBuff]

here is another example....this one came out of an old collection, the last eggs which were found came mostly from the breslau area...the concrete eggs i have are all with some small rusty scraps in the concrete body. the body was filled with a half Bohrpatrone....

Very nice Jens, you lucky guy!

Honestly, who can believe this kind of item could be copied ? They are not very collectable. Fakers have better to do !

That doesn't matter, I have seen even smaller and less collectable items made by the fakers. Money is money, and an original one of these brings a fair price. With a little bit of time and cement, the fakers have a chance at making good money.