Original British WWII British No 69 I Bakelite High Explosive Inert Hand Grenade - dated 1942 P-1853 Enfield the French government blamed their

the French government blamed their loss on the Chassepot rifle's poor reliability on the battlefield

There are a lot of small nicks on both edges

with all of the buckles and clips present and functional

or the M1938 Short Rifle (Fucile Corto)

Original British WWII British No 69 I Bakelite High Explosive Inert Hand Grenade - dated 1942 P-1853 Enfield the French government blamed theirOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent original inert example of a very hard to find British ordnance piece from WWII! The British No. 69 I was a hand grenade developed and used during the Second World War. It was adopted into service due to the need for a grenade with smaller destructive radius than the No 36M "Mills bomb". This allowed the thrower to use a grenade even when there was little in the way of defensive cover. In