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Original Item: Only One Available. Totally inert and demilitarized according to BATF guidelines with hollow body and inert fuse. This grenade cannot be converted to an explosive device and is not available for export.
This is a very nice French WWI Model 1914 OF1 Egg Hand Grenade, offered in good condition, although it appears to have been painted black on the top half and blue on the bottom half, with ECP stamped over the black. The paint is heavily chipping as shown.
Known officially as the offensive n°1 (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 bursting radius 38 feet.
This example is offered totally inert with a deactivated internal fuse and all explosives removed per BATF specifications. This example still has a deactivated fuse, pin, and spoon. Still, it does not have much corrosion, unlike most that we see and what corrosion that is present is on the spoon and pull ring. A great example overall, and the paint could possibly be stripped with some work.
These are rare with one of the few known examples in the permanent collection of the West Point Military Museum. A perfect addition to any Great War Collection.
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Totally inert, cannot be converted to an explosive device, not available for export. This item is completely legal within the USA. International Military Antiques, Inc observes all Federal, State and Local laws. Everything for sale on ima-usa.com is completely legal to own, trade, transport and sell within the United States of America.
All deactivated ordnance sold by IMA, Inc is engineered to be inoperable according to guidelines provided by the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATF).
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