Original French WWI Inert IIIrd Army “Double” Raquet Pétard “Hair Brush” Stick Fragmentation Grenade - Pétard de la IIIe Armée Snider Rifle Accessories There is no pitting

There is no pitting

confidentially reopened work on a new design

a style introduced 1926 when the HJ was renamed the H-Jugend

Her first skipper was Commander Ernest P

Original French WWI Inert IIIrd Army “Double” Raquet Pétard “Hair Brush” Stick Fragmentation Grenade - Pétard de la IIIe Armée Snider Rifle Accessories There is no pittingOriginal 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