French F1 Marking

[timmymac]

Finally catalogue ing my grenade collection. Need some help on mfg. in this body.Its got an "N" and a "A" in case pic is not clear enough. Will post fuse detail later. Thanks guys !

 

[orpheus72]

Hi Tim,

The 'N' most likely stands for the metal supplier: "Société des usines Navarre é Evreux (Eure)"
The 'A' would be the arsenal: "Fonderie Audemar & Guyon é Dole (Jura)"

Fuze does look like a "fusée Billant modéle 1916"

Most french (especially WW1) codes can be found here: http://www.armeetpassion.com/marquagesdes8mmlebel.html

 

[timmymac]

Geert, you're pretty handy to have around
thanks brother!

 

[orpheus72]

Julien,

The specific "cartoucheries" (cartridge suppliers) do indeed not apply to grenades, but the 99% of the "fourniseurs de metaux" (metal suppliers) and "poudreries" (powder suppliers) are the same for all type of ordnance...

 

[Yodamaster]

Have a look here :

http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/downloads.php?do=file&id=620



Yoda