Original French WWI Model 1914 OF1 Egg Hand Grenade circa 1915 - 1917 - Inert Russian Headgear The grip scales are somewhat

The grip scales are somewhat worn

and the five now in possession of the department will be issued to the troops

Tourettes and Callian

so it may have been a European blade that was repurposed

Collections like these don’t come along often

Original French WWI Model 1914 OF1 Egg Hand Grenade circa 1915 - 1917 - Inert Russian Headgear The grip scales are somewhatOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice French WWI Model 1914 OF1 Egg Hand Grenade, offered in good condition. Known officially as the offensive n1 (OF1), these grenades were manufactured between 1915 and 1917. The detonator would be screwed inside the upper hemisphere, whose complex forming needed that part to be stamped in a higher quality thin plate, while the lower cap could be made in a more common grade thin plate. They featured a