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Hand grenade for identification

earni74

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Can anyone tell me the country of this grenade,thanks
 

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French F1 from WW1 (body) ,fuse is a postwar US pineapple one I believe .The correct fuses :see photos Second photo is a replica 'wooden' transportfuse ;)
 

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Nr 19C2 is a Dutch fuze made by BRV = Brabantia B.V. Valkenswaard
For PL I have La Precisions Liegeoise Belgium
 
Over 60 million of these were produced from 1915 till 1940 by several countries.I couldn't find the PL marking among the French manufacturers so the Belgian connection can be right.Most likely post WW1 since Belgium was occupied during WW1(most of it at least ;) ) For me ,the Dutch(Us clone)fuse seems out of place.I prefer the original fuses.Those are hard to find on their own,at least in reasonable condition.Incidently I bought a very well made replica of the M1916 Billant fuse (see photo) to complete the ARS made body I have.With that replica fuse comes an extra wooden transport fuse(replica) photo 2,which is even more difficult to find .I hope to score an F1 with WW1 era spoon type fuse later this week ;) = photo 3
 

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