Original French WWI Inert IIIrd Army Raquet Pétard “Hair Brush” Stick Fragmentation Grenade - Pétard de la IIIe Armée MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock The blade of this example

The blade of this example is marked CHRISTIANSWERK over SOLINGEN in an oval border around their trademark "Three-Tined Fork

Many POWs would turn to artwork and other related activities such as producing items that would have been useful

a Winnipeg-based militia unit

Like many nations of the Warsaw Pact

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Original French WWI Inert IIIrd Army Raquet Pétard “Hair Brush” Stick Fragmentation Grenade - Pétard de la IIIe Armée MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock The blade of this exampleOriginal 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