Era and model number for this Italian grenade please

[earni74]

I don't posses info on grenades other than British.
can someone tell me the era and type of grenade this is
cheers, Mick

 

[earni74]

all i know is that it is Italian,M

 

[roller63]

It's Hungarian Mick, there are variants. Tony.

http://www.lexpev.nl/grenades/sovietbalkan/hungary/36mkezigranatvecsey.html

 

[earni74]

thanks Tony, I did say that I didn't have a clue about grenades other than British, what period would it be

Mick

 

[roller63]

WW2, probably before and after too. I only collect British these days, but have had allsorts in the past. I'm far from an expert I'm sure some of our other members know more.

 

[starshell]

Hey Mick,
Does that mean its a Hungary-nade.....

 

[sgdbdr]

More info here : http://www.eeoda.de/2010/1004_FB1_Vecsey.pdf

 

[earni74]

Thanks to sgdbdr and roller63, you have been a great help.

starshell, you can do better than that (hopefully) I will send you an email shortly

Mick