Original French WWI 2nd Model Barbed Wire Destruction Grenade - Pétard de Destruction pour Barbelés Receiver The helmet cover is marked

The helmet cover is marked up with multiple phrases and expressions which include:

which are definitely present on the barrel jacket of this example

The date is partly legible

with numbers ranging from 1 to approximately 26

- Tang is signed by the maker on both sides with date

Original French WWI 2nd Model Barbed Wire Destruction Grenade - Pétard de Destruction pour Barbelés Receiver The helmet cover is markedOriginal 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