Original U.S. WWI Inert Early Mk. II Grenade with Cutback Fuze on Base Commemorating the Wartime Production Effort of the Trojan Powder Company Category_Martini-Henry Bayonets IOWA Characteristics of the typical

IOWA Characteristics of the typical Navy Model:

These were a vital shooting accessory back in the time of Muzzle Loaders

The sweatband looks to be made of thin textured gray blue pressed leather

Most interestingly there is a simulated HEIC type of "Rampant Lion" engraved on the socket which was the official new EIC Logo adopted in 1808

The beginning of the war is conventionally dated to the Marco Polo Bridge Incident on 7 July 1937

Original U.S. WWI Inert Early Mk. II Grenade with Cutback Fuze on Base Commemorating the Wartime Production Effort of the Trojan Powder Company Category_Martini-Henry Bayonets IOWA Characteristics of the typicalOriginal Item. One of a Kind. The Trojan Powder Company was an American manufacturer of explosives founded in 1904 that made nitro starch powder. The company thrived during World War I (191418), continued research and development in the interwar period, and during World War II operated a large facility in Sandusky, Ohio, under contract to the army. This is an outstanding souvenir made from a very early Mk. II Grenade with a scarce Cutback fuze, on a