German Wehrmacht Stielhandgranate M24 Fourth Battle Of Kharkov Provenance, Inert.

-First Battle of Kharkov, an October 1941 battle in
which German troops captured the city.
-Second Battle of Kharkov, a May 1942 battle in which Soviet forces attempted to retake the city.
-Third Battle of Kharkov, a February 1943 battle in which Soviet forces were driven out again, and the Germans forces retook the city.
-Belgorod-Kharkov Offensive Operation, also known as Fourth Battle of Kharkov, an August 1943 battle in which Soviet forces retook the city. This operation is usually referred to as the Fourth Battle of Kharkov by the Germans and as the Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation by the Soviets.
After the Historic facts, now the history of these M24, thay have been found in an old and inhabited attic in the outskirts of Kharkov some months ago, seller told me around 20 complete M24 were found, all of them ready for the battle and all mixed parts, no cases or racks, just the M24 some with water damage. Today it is still not clear if, with the war needing a huge amount of ammunition and at this point of the war, the German factories continued filling the M24 cases with matching cans and sticks as they did in the prewar years or in 1939-1940. I have observed untouched cases and/or talked with people who found unopened cases telling me that inside were 15 different M24, this is from different makers. And now imagine some German Soldiers getting ready the M24 for fighting, remember they had to put the fuze and the detonator inside unscrewing the can from the handle. Imagine doing this with 4 or 5 cases, 60 or 75 stickgrenades.... Do you think they would waste time screwing back the right can with the right handle? Of course not. All of us like "matching" stuff, but this is a little bit stupid thinking, (yes, me too), because simply this is not true due to circumstances. This last example belongs to a group of four haveing same cans, handles, pull cords and fuzes, all as found, only the empty Sprengkapsel Nr. 8 has been added by me, the original found one was thrown away for obvious reasons. Cans are 42 evy and sticks 43 flf, a rare maker to find and who never painted the steel parts of his handles as I have had 1942, 1943 and 1944 handles from this maker.
And finally why Fourth Battle? Because the observed filling date stenciled on the cans: 1. 1943. These have the big K on it means "Kalte" for use in cold weather. These would have arrived there between Third and Fourth Battle. I will give to buyer a copy of the stamps from the Ukranian Post.
It will be shipped in two separated parcels.
Shipping Costs:
-Europe: 24,75 €.
-Worldwide: 41,30 €.

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