The Model 24 Stielhandgranate was the standard hand grenade of the German Army from the end of World War I until the end of World War II. The very distinctive appearance led to its being called a stick grenade or a potato masher in British Army slang and is today one of the most easily recognized infantry weapons of the 20th century.
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