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F1 grenade with short curved lever

batonroundcollector

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I did think that curved lever/spoon was unique to East German F1s with DF-62 fuze, but I have a training cutaway with a shorter curved lever compared with my DDR F1s, and which is not marked DF-62 on lever or painted the distinctive yellowish-green as per DDR F1s (it's a semi-gloss olive green) . IIRC the guy I bought it from at War & Peace was selling Bulgarian gear so assumed Bulgarian at the time but it lacks concentric-circle arsenal marking.

I've tried to take photos to post here but they aren't coming out too clearly due to poor lighting, so hope someone can tell me where this one is from from my description :)
 
Concentric circles are not an ID feature for Bulgarian ordnance. It often is the case but also it is often NOT!

Same with all other frames used on numerical codes.

In short: do not go by the frames as a sole ID feature!
 
google search shows curved lever on Bulgarian RGD-5s but not their F1s... perhaps it has been fitted by mistake; fitted fuze is cut away as well as body on this example so assumed this is how it left the factory??
 
Lever shapes varied over time, factory and intended use (type of grenade).

After all you may show us detailed images to get at least an estimate of what you have.
 
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