M24 Stick Grenade Wood Case

M24 Stick Grenade Wood Case w/1936 Grenade

I have become a big fan of M24 grenades. Transit cases are very tough to find. You can sometimes find the metal version but the wood ones not so much. Thankfully Mr Grist sold me this earlier this year. However, it was missing the interior rack (which almost all metal and wood ones are). I imagine that GIs liked to use these to ship stuff home in and didn't want the rack.

So I was able to locate a collector on another forum in England who is a big collector of these. He sent me the exact schematic draws and measurements of an original rack. I made a new rack (and another one for Bill), aged it a little and glued it in place. I also carefully removed the original nails that held the rack in place (they were still in the crate but bent in). After my rack was in place I drilled a tiny little whole through the original holes and into the rack. Then I carefully hammered the old nails back in. It was a fun project.

Now, I just have to fill it up with original grenades and the correct detonator and fuse boxes.

Before


After (with group shot)

Very nice! Weird (but lucky) that the original nails were still there.

Fantastic crate!! Looks great.

Here are some pictures of my grenade. Super nice matching 1936.

I’m not very excited about it all. Made to blow up, not sit around- if I had a grenade I’d have to use it like it was made for.


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Great crate

What kind of wood were most of those made of?
Neat display accessory.

Possibly beech or birch.

Beautiful work! I live that crate, and a super nice grenade too!

Now you have to fill it the rest of the way....take a second mortgage out on your house....

That really cool, nice grenade too.