Original French WWI Inert IIIrd Army Raquet Pétard “Hair Brush” Stick Fragmentation Grenade - Pétard de la IIIe Armée - Replaced Stick Brunswick Guns The rifle has serial number

The rifle has serial number RI 22470 on the barrel

known in German as Kaiser Alexander Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr

Offered in very nice matured condition this was almost certainly recovered from the battlefield

roughly the period 1730-1830

Original French WWI Inert IIIrd Army Raquet Pétard “Hair Brush” Stick Fragmentation Grenade - Pétard de la IIIe Armée - Replaced Stick Brunswick Guns The rifle has serial numberOriginal 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