Original French WWI 2nd Model Barbed Wire Destruction Grenade - Pétard de Destruction pour Barbelés Multi Nation Flags perhaps as the result of

perhaps as the result of a police action which resulted in the helmet being discharged from service

The serial number 21499 is fairly low

It is wrapped with three strands of twisted brass wire

especially genuine WW2 issue liners with the correct HBT straps

The wood stock is in goo condition

Original French WWI 2nd Model Barbed Wire Destruction Grenade - Pétard de Destruction pour Barbelés Multi Nation Flags perhaps as the result ofOriginal Item: Only One Available. A very scarce WWI Hand Grenade, offered in Inert, BATF compliant, condition, and the first 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