Imperial German Early WWI Defensive Stick Grenade With 'Spoon Lever' Ignitor

Imperial German Early WWI Defensive Stick Grenade With 'Spoon Lever' Ignitor

INERT Model 1915 defensive stick grenade with ‘spoon’ lever ignitor.  Segmented kugelhandgranate warhead retains traces of blackened finish blending with patina.  Wooden handle is complete with side mounted pull ring and pin with spoon lever ignitor mechanism.  The thin metal of the ignitor's spoon handle shows pitting from oxidation.  Includes pull ring safety.  This is a collector / museum restoration of excavated parts, mated with a proper reproduction wood handle.  With just a handful of vanishingly rare exceptions, an excavated and restored example such as this is the best a collector can hope to find.   Kugel warhead is just a bit loose on the attachment point on the handle. $600 - $800