My mom used to work for a make up company in El Segundo called "Gordon Laboratories" where most make up FX and art dept people used to go and buy direct. One of the regular customers had worked on the Big Red One and I assume heard me talking about it or such, I dont recall exactly as I was maybe ten at the time and the film had just been released. A few days or so later he brought in a German stick grenade that blew my mind at the time as it was made out of wood. I still have it, in a drawer of course.