Original French WWI Inert IIIrd Army Raquet Pétard “Hair Brush” Stick Fragmentation Grenade - Pétard de la IIIe Armée - Replaced Stick Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets This began on July 9

This began on July 9 and lasted until the end of the war

This cap is a wonderful lightly used example of a German WWII Wehrmacht Heer Army Artillery EM/NCO Schirmmütze (visor cap)

Muden – Hartford

the men stumbled forward in darkness wearing gas masks and under fire

Original French WWI Inert IIIrd Army Raquet Pétard “Hair Brush” Stick Fragmentation Grenade - Pétard de la IIIe Armée - Replaced Stick Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets This began on July 9Original 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