Original French WWI Inert IIIrd Army Raquet Pétard “Hair Brush” Stick Fragmentation Grenade Ground Dug At Verdun - Pétard de la IIIe Armée Francotte-Martini Rifles & Parts His gravestone can be seen

His gravestone can be seen here

was the station ship at the Washington Navy Yard under his father's command

with peppering in many places

The scabbard is brown leather wrapped around rawhide and wood with a brass hanger

It is nicely dated 1868 (868) on the lock below an Austrian eagle proof

Original French WWI Inert IIIrd Army Raquet Pétard “Hair Brush” Stick Fragmentation Grenade Ground Dug At Verdun - Pétard de la IIIe Armée Francotte-Martini Rifles & Parts His gravestone can be seenOriginal 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