Original French WWI F1 Hand Grenade with Replica Fuse - Inert Helmets The filter is ink stamped

The filter is ink stamped with date marking 19

The British Army formally adopted the Vickers gun as its standard machine gun on 26 November 1912

Although this spread the bombs over the area of the combat box

and suffered significant surface rust damage while it was exposed to the elements

It still has the original internal pocket to hold the filter

Original French WWI F1 Hand Grenade with Replica Fuse - Inert Helmets The filter is ink stampedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is totally inert BATF compliant genuine World War One French F1 Grenade with a replica fuse made from steel bar stock. It is threaded and installed into the grenade, apparently long ago, and now cannot be removed. It was added to the grenade after deactivation, and looks to have rusted in place. Condition is good, though there is quite a bit of oxidation on the grenade body. This example looks to possibly have