Original Danish WWII Løs Håndbombe M41 (“Loose Hand Grenade”) Inert Wood Practice Grenade Original Items

Original Item: Only One Available. The Danish M.1923 grenade is one of the more mysterious types encountered by collectors. It seems everyone has a different opinion about what it is exactly. We’ve seen it described as Swedish, Japanese and almost everything in between. To put truth to the speculation – this model grenade was developed by the Danish and produced in Denmark, designated the Haandbombe Model 1923.

This is a training grenade, completely inert and unable to be rendered live again. It is in compliance per the BATF guidelines and is unavailable for export.

We often encounter the M23 training grenades which are rare, however, this practice grenade is an M41 practice grenade and is constructed mostly of wood! These are one of the rarest if not the rarest examples of the Danish practice grenades.

In 1941 a new practice grenade called Los Haandbombe M41 was introduced. The top 2/3 is made from wood and has a steel cylinder inserted in order to gain weight equivalent to the live grenade. The bottom 1/3 is made from a cardboard tube and filled with 30 grams (1.058 oz) of black powder. The safety interrupter is non functional and only serves the purpose of resembling the live one. Because of the black powder charge, a safety distance of 3 meters (10 feet) was set. Just like the yellow and gray practice grenades it could be reloaded but it had to be returned to the manufacturer for reassembling. The first versions were unpainted wood and the cardboard was painted black; later the wood was painted white and finally the last versions were painted gray all over except for the black band around the top.

This example is in surprisingly good condition and retains much of the original gray paint. The wood body as well as the cardboard does have the expected cracks present but nothing that takes away from its beauty.

Comes more than ready for further research and display.