Original French WWI IIIrd Army Stick Fragmentation Grenade - Pétard de la IIIe Armée British Field Gear style grenade body

style grenade body

The handles are hand turned on a lathe

Factories and mines were also damaged and destroyed

The exterior finish is hard and cracked in places

most of them wounded

Original French WWI IIIrd Army Stick Fragmentation Grenade - Pétard de la IIIe Armée British Field Gear style grenade bodyOriginal 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