Original WWII Japanese-Used Chinese Type 23 Pull-Type Fragmentation Grenade with Original Fuze Cover - Inert - Very Rare German Uniforms with several broad arrow markings

with several broad arrow markings

possibly indicating that the second line originally read "Charleville" or "Châtellerault"

The scabbard body has some chipping and may have been repainted

and Navy troopships that were present that day

which may indicate that it was returned to arsenal for servicing

Original WWII Japanese-Used Chinese Type 23 Pull-Type Fragmentation Grenade with Original Fuze Cover - Inert - Very Rare German Uniforms with several broad arrow markingsOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an exceptionally scarce original WWII Type 23 pull type fragmentation grenade of Chinese manufacture, later adopted, captured, or otherwise used by Imperial Japanese forces. Wartime U. S. military publications identified this pattern as the Japanese Model 23 or Japanese pull type grenade after examples were encountered in the Pacific. This heavily service worn example retains its very difficult to find