Mine or grenade?

[kuni75]

Hello,

I 've found a funny "can", it is 9cm in diameter and 6cm high, the body is made ​​of (zinc?) sheet metal and double-walled. The outer wall is a hole sealed with lead(see picture). The sheet metal body is filled with shrapnel. Guess that explosive detonators was put into the hole to use the alleged weapon. Has anyone seen this before?

My first guess Franco-Prussian War or before WWI.
Greeting Kuni

 

[millsbomber]

Would a Beno Grenade fuse fit it,,,,,,, Dave

 

[kuni75]

This isnt a Beano Grenade, thank for reply.

 

[pat]

hi
it's a ww1 , french improvised hand grenade , made with shrapnels inside

 

[kuni75]

Hi,

ive got an other answer today in another forum:

"HI,
several similar copies were discovered near Vic-sur-Aisne, in France, what lets suppose that this grenade is not an improvised but good grenade of a small mass production. We suppose that this sphere established, originally, the body of a small kerosene lamp, stocks of which were got back by the french army in 1914. Vic's grenade was filled with steel dice around a stocked central cylinder of cheddite (explosive). The firing must be assured by a simple safety fuze."



Thank You.

Greetings Kuni