Original French WWI OF1 Egg Hand Grenade circa 1915 - 1917 Hand Select:Yes On the under side of

On the under side of the brass instrument is engraved:-

Vice Admiral Franz von Hipper planned the operation: the battlecruisers of the I Scouting Group

and the Germans were coming from another direction

but it is not clear due to gunpowder burn around that area of the revolver

Original French WWI OF1 Egg Hand Grenade circa 1915 - 1917 Hand Select:Yes On the under side ofOriginal Item: Very Few Available. These are Genuine French WWI OF1 Egg Hand Grenades, offered in fair to good condition. Known officially as the offensive n1 (OF1), these grenades were manufactured between 1915 and 1917. The detonator would be screwed inside the upper hemisphere, whose complex forming needed that part to be stamped in a higher quality thin plate, while the lower cap could be made in a more common grade thin plate. They featured a