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French F1 Marking

timmymac

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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 !
 

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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
 
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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...
 
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