Original French WWI 2nd Model Barbed Wire Destruction Grenade - Pétard de Destruction pour Barbelés Antique Percussion Firearms The black paint on the

The black paint on the central cross is lovely

The very long (12

These were prototype helmets and only 1400 of these were made by the Gentex Corporation and the helmet was not adopted by the Army

and the blade doesnot appear to have been sharpened much

The letter then reveals that "this handgun

Original French WWI 2nd Model Barbed Wire Destruction Grenade - Pétard de Destruction pour Barbelés Antique Percussion Firearms The black paint on theOriginal Item: Only One Available. A very scarce WWI Hand Grenade, offered in Inert, BATF compliant, condition, and the second of which we have ever offered. Previously we had an example of the smaller 1st model, but this is the larger 2nd model French WWI Barbed Wire Destruction Grenade, known in French as the Ptard de Destruction pour Barbels. These were made with the intention of clearing gaps in enemy barbed wire entanglements. The explosive rod