M24 Grenade -frag Sleeves

[BrunoH]

Hi,

To illustrate and help a little bit our dear member francis006 with its two sleeves ink marked, for the frag one Do 4 / 1944 and the smooth one Do 5 / 1943 . No stamped maker mark found:

Here is a picture of them:



Regards

[francis006]

Thanks Bruno

[Glenn Barbaritz]

I personally like both the examples you show here Francis. nothing at all tends me to think they are not 100% genuine. I sure would be happy with them both. Glenn

[Larry Davis]

As a matter of personal curiosity, would anyone have a fragment of a fragmentation ( I hate abbreviations) sleeve?

And be able to take a closeup photograph of the broken face edge of the fragment?

This ragged, broken edge should show the crystal/grain structure of the metal.

From that I can see what is was made of.

Everyone needs a hobby, keeps us off the streets.

Danke!

[M44 Breadbag]

Larry
That would be interesting, maybe the metal detector folks could help here.

BB

[Glenn Barbaritz]

I totally agree. Glenn

[Zeller]

I do have a ground dug frag sleeve that lost the paint and shows how the metal should be. I will take some pics and add them tomorrow morning

[M44 Breadbag]

Sounds goods, I'll be sure to take a look.

BB

[Larry Davis]

Thanks muchly.

Somewhere I have a broken British pineapple grenade and will try to get a photograph of the grain/crystal structure of it to compare.

Also there is lurking in a corner of the shop a piece of 'black' iron pipe (actually gray cast iron) that also has a broken end.
And if memory serves me it is about the same size as a fragmentation sleeve.

Could be interesting.

[Willi Z.]

I certainly like the one Bruno posted in #80 and I like both of the ones Francis has. However, I do not like the one Jim posted.

[Zeller]

I think this is what you guys were talking about...

[Zeller]

macro detail of the metal ...

I hope these 2 shots can be of help, the discussion is really interesting!

[francis006]

I certainly like the one Bruno posted in #80 and I like both of the ones Francis has. However, I do not like the one Jim posted.

Thanks Willi and Glenn . Jim's one indeed doesn't show the usual manufacture work !

[Jean-Loup]

A collector gave this to me several years ago, I have no idea if it is real or not.

[Larry Davis]

Sorry to have taken so long to get this post up.

I could not find that broken grenade, bl**dy thing has been under foot for years and when I want it, it's nowhere to be found!

Any how I did manage to photograph some cast "black iron" pipe with corrosion and knocked off a bit with a hammer to show the grain of the metal. Very brittle stuff and soft too.

Zeller that macro detail was a big help, that does look the way one would expect gray iron to oxidize.

I was hoping to see the broken face of one like the edge of the pipe in my photos (if they post that is) below.

Is it possible to get some photographs of this sort of breakage?