Original Rare French WWI & WWII Viven-Bessière “VB” Rifle Fragmentation Grenade - Inert German Replica A rare piece

A rare piece

To be approved for production and sold in the PX

with only a few scuffs on the entire blade

As you read above

The original margins on the cape are still present

Original Rare French WWI & WWII Viven-Bessière “VB” Rifle Fragmentation Grenade - Inert German Replica A rare pieceOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Viven Bessires rifle grenade was an infantry weapon in use with the French Army from 1916 onwards. Also known as the "VB" grenade, it was named after its inventors, and officially referred to as the "Viven Bessires shell" in the French Army instruction manual. The grenade launcher system consists of two elements, the discharger (Launcher) and the projectile (grenade). Unloaded or dummy grenades, artillery shell