Original French WWI Inert IIIrd Army Raquet Pétard “Hair Brush” Stick Fragmentation Grenade - Pétard de la IIIe Armée - Replaced Stick Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets moving 10 miles from 18

moving 10 miles from 18 to 25 July

and this rifle was converted in 1938

The jacket also has very rare officer’s engineer buttons as opposed to traditional eagle buttons

This began on July 9 and lasted until the end of the war

The bayonet crossguard is marked U

Original French WWI Inert IIIrd Army Raquet Pétard “Hair Brush” Stick Fragmentation Grenade - Pétard de la IIIe Armée - Replaced Stick Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets moving 10 miles from 18Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice French WWI IIIrd Army Stick Grenade (grenade de la troisime arme), which was basically an improvised design developed by factories during the first months of the war. These famous ptards or 'hairbrush grenades' were composed of a wooden paddle, cheddite explosive charge, and an explosive housing, often filled with nails or gravel. The design was made necessary by the low capacity of the French