Original French WWI OF1 Egg Hand Grenade circa 1915 - 1917 - Inert Spanish Ordnance discarding their lances and adopting

discarding their lances and adopting the use of pistols as their primary weapon

It is nicely marked TOWER with a CROWN / G

Six additional carbines were delivered as samples

The size 57 liner has a brown oilcloth interior

- Large matted and framed photograph measuring 10" X 15

Original French WWI OF1 Egg Hand Grenade circa 1915 - 1917 - Inert Spanish Ordnance discarding their lances and adoptingOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice French WWI 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 bursting