Original French WWI F1 Hand Grenade with Billant Modèle 1916 Fuse - Inert Crimean War Under this is a banner

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The pommel may have been marked but we cannot see anything

The "sew-in" style schulterklappen (shoulder straps) are constructed of brown fabric with a row of wide silver tresse with a black stripe down the middle going around the entire outside of the straps

wings down clutching a branch with the HJ diamond beneath it

The steel scabbard shell is the early-war style

Original French WWI F1 Hand Grenade with Billant Modèle 1916 Fuse - Inert Crimean War Under this is a bannerOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a totally inert BATF compliant genuine World War One French F1 Grenade with a Billant Modle 1916 fuse offered in very good condition. This was the fourth and most effective type of fuse used with the F1 grenade during WWI. The first fuse was a simple lit wick type, which had obvious drawbacks. Unloaded or dummy grenades, artillery shell casings, and similar devices, which are cut or drilled in an BATF