Imperial German Kugelhandgranate 1915 Belt Carrier / Fuze Puller

Excavated and restored example, original belt carrier / fuze puller for the Kugelhandgranate 1915.  This has been repainted and fitted with a replacement leather strap which, though a replacement, is of sufficient age and wear to not appear incongruous with the artifact.  This is a skeletonized sheet metal harness with belt clip, supporting the grenade via a metal disc riveted to a leather strap at the base, and attached via a clip and chain to the fuze wire.  When the leather strap is released, the act of withdrawing the grenade pulls the fuze, thus saving the grenadier that one extra step.  These fuze puller rigs seem to exist in this universe only as excavated relics from the battlefields, with only a handful of surviving non-excavated originals known.  That said, even the excavated and restored examples are quite scarce, and this one displays nicely.  $200 - $300