As interesting to me, and I hope visitors as well is the construction and wealth of markings that appear on military equipment. In an effort to make this site "even more interesting" although I know some people still find the whole idea of getting excited by rusty artefacts as peculiar (to put it politely). I would like to thank my good friend Waleed from Denmark, who has produced several renditions of equipment for the site. Two examples you can see above.On the left are examples of Axis weapons ordnance. We have already illustrated USA headstamps, so it seemed appropriate that we show items "from the other side" as well. You will also notice two examples of 7.92mm "drill" ammunition.On the right is Waleeds fantastic illustration of the German training stick grenade M1924 (übungshandgranate 24), pristine examples of which we have shown before, elsewhere in the museum.Waleeds artwork hopefully gives a clear idea of the construction of this hand grenade, based on the fragmentary remains of one found in Denmark!The handles for these grenades were identical to those used for conventional M1924 grenades, except that there was no explosive charge or detonator. The remains of this example still clearly showed the waffenamt, or inspectors stamps on both the woodwork and the metal head, which was painted red.
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sunny