Original French WWI F1 Hand Grenade with Scarce Early Wick Type Fuze French Machine Guns Overall length open: 7 1/4"

Overall length open: 7 1/4"

Shirer wrote: "The World War [One] hero [Ludendorff] had refused to have anything to do with him [AH] ever since he had fled from in front of the Feldherrnhalle after the volley of bullets during the Beer Hall Putsch

It features a rather distinctive side action loading rammer

The hilt is in very worn shape overall

Original French WWI F1 Hand Grenade with Scarce Early Wick Type Fuze French Machine Guns Overall length open: 7 1/4"Original Item: Only One Available. This is a totally inert BATF compliant genuine World War One French F1 Grenade with an extraordinarily rare wick type fuse offered in very good condition. This was the first and least effective type of fuse used with the F1 grenade during WWI. This simple lit wick type had obvious drawbacks, quickly being replaced with later fuse models. Unloaded or dummy grenades, artillery shell casings, and similar devices, which