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Francesco_Dif
No date number on the fuze?
****Hi Francesco..... there is no date on the fuze :tinysmile_cry_t:
***Hi Dano, good to hear from you....yeah, it looks like a nice example, and it also screamed WWI to me, but was not sure if could have been used in early WW2...but now by what you say, and what Pascal has said he's heard, it does seem it "could have" been used in early war period, but in general I agree by most collectors this would be considered a "WWI grenade"
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*****Thanks "siegfreid"......is this my friend Mike??? :hmmmm2: I've been wondering if your the same one and only famous "Seigfreid"
....thanks for opinion and help on this one....I agree, Mle 35 fuze would be more commonly used late 30's and WW2...I didn't know yellow color was also used in WWI.....the French had so many different grenades and colors and fuzes in WWI it's crazy.......I only collect WW2, and would like to get an F1 and Mle37 offensive and defensive with Mle35 fuzes to add to collection one day, but not easy to find them....
****Hi Pascal, Thanks for info, that's a very nice condition OF1 you have!... Very Interesting you are from France the country of the grenades origin, and you have also heard maybe some OF1's with Billiant 1916 "could have" been used in early WW2, Dano says same thing, and I think also a possibility now....but once again it's too bad these things cannot talk to tell the real truth of their history...
QUESTIONS: Did the French still continue to make these OF1 offensive bodies until the 1930's, and with the Mle35 fuze fitted in some? Will the Mle 35 fuze fit this OF1 body, it's the same thread size as 1916 Billiant..or did it need an adapter to fit?...
In other words...the French still made OF1's until they started making the Mle 1937 offensive grenades?