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1394 (italian ?) grenade to ID

Pascal

Pascal

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Hello colleagues.

Does anyone knows this grenade ? It seems it's italian.

It was found on people who killed king Alexander 1st in Marseille (Fr) on 1934. This grenade was never be id.



Thanks


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I think it is a Italian grenade model "Scaglia". Italian inventor Mr. Gregorio Scaglia Patented a lot of grenades types during the '20 and '30 and it looks alike one of those. The grenade can be throwed by hand or by a rifle cup mounted.
 
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Hello francesco, thank you, very interesting.

Do you have any doc ?

On Internet , I can find this page, but it's not the same grenade (at all).
 
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Hi Pascal, the grenade is a prototype made by the Breda factory; it very strange that was used to attempt the king's life. The info about a similar grenade are in the US Patent US1776705A.
 
OK I've find the right name of it: it is a BREDA prototype called "Bomba a Mano Offensiva Tipo RC"; period 1930-35. I don't know what "RC" means.
 
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