Original Italian WWI Benaglia Rifle Grenade with Rod - Inert Replica Non-Firing Machine Guns however it does not appear

however it does not appear to be the original cleaning rod for this rifle

This company produced shells in size 66 only during WWI

where these were often issued to rear echelon troops late in the war

This translates to "Reminder of my service"

the Ruhr uprising and the Third Silesian uprising

Original Italian WWI Benaglia Rifle Grenade with Rod - Inert Replica Non-Firing Machine Guns however it does not appearOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a rare example of the WWI Italian Benaglia rifle grenade, actually a rod grenade. The rod grenade was patented by an Englishman named Frederick Marten Hale, an employee of the Cotton Powder Company at Faversham in Kent, in November 1909. Unfortunately, in practice, the rod grenade turned out to be an impractical weapon of dubious accuracy that caused stress on the rifle barrel, and which soon necessitated