New in the SPARTANAT Shop: Eastern Bloc sports equipment

A piece of contemporary history for your man cave: The rubber practice grenades widely used in the former Czechoslovakia are a replica of the Vz 21 hand grenade, which served as both an offensive and defensive hand grenade. The original design dates back to the early 1920s. Nevertheless, this practice grenade was used by the armed forces and youth organizations tasked with pre-military education for decades - even after the Second World War.

Our Czechoslovakian practice grenades are partially marked with a label dating them to the years 1954 to 1955, so they are quite old. They were made by the company "Rubena Náchod", which still produces rubber products. We have tried to clean them to the best of our knowledge and belief, but some have heavy soil adhering to them. You can see this as a bonus, after all, you are getting original Czech soil with them. They all have one thing in common, a very strong rubber smell.

What can you do with this rubber lump? We have a few ideas and possible uses:

• sporty target throwing
• stylish paperweight
• artistic juggling (we recommend at least three pieces)
• rolling out fascia
• minimalist decoration

These historically significant, visually appealing rubber lumps are available exclusively in our shop for 24.50 euros.

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