Original Rare French WWI & WWII Viven-Bessière Rifle Fragmentation Grenade - Inert French Ordnance King's Division

King's Division

This carbine has closest to the MkII** action

which looks to have been broken off and drilled out

Sergeant Edward A

attacking Hill 53 and helping to cut the coastal highway

Original Rare French WWI & WWII Viven-Bessière Rifle Fragmentation Grenade - Inert French Ordnance King's DivisionOriginal 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). Appearing in 1916, the VB grenade was the