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WW1 French gas grenade.

Not napalm . Napalm is a mixture of Naphthanic & Palmitic acid [hence NAPALM] used to gelatinise petroleum to make a jellied inflammable mixture . This was n't invented until WW2 . The probable filling was Phosphorous . The germans were world leaders in chemistry at the beginning of the 20th century . Text books have said the filling of German incendries was a liquid but this is doubtful .
 
Hi,
According to the official note on BERTRAND grenade N1 of 24 avril 1915, the glass sphere had an approx 55 mm.diameter.
Best regards
 
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