Russian or Eastern Bloc F1 Grenade?

[dps10030]

Quick question. I've been looking at getting a couple of F1 grenades and thought about purchasing these two (picture below). I'm completely new to ordnance collecting and do not know whether these grenades are Eastern Bloc or Russian. Any ideas? For future reference are there any books that can help identify places of manufacture?

Thanks in advance.

Daniel

 

[Tmine35]

Not Russian but some other East Block country ( DDR? ). I'm sure someone here can give you an exact answer.

 

[siegfreid]

The top one marked IRV is Czech . I can't make out the mark on the lower one . Nice looking grenades , though !

 

[EOD]

The manufacturer "irv" is "Zeveta Ammunition a.s." in Bojkovice in the (today) Czech Republic. The company is still in business.

 

[sgtlynn]

I have a book that you might find useful, it has a section with manufacturers markings.
http://members.shaw.ca/dwlynn/tgrm3.htm

 

[Jolly Green]

I was just going to suggest that. :tinysmile_twink_t2:

 

[Zorro]

The Grenade-bodies and also the fuzes are clearly Czech. You recognize this on the Aluminium-made-fuzes (Ive never seen other countries using this material for ther UZRGM-fuzes), but also the stamp-marks "IRV" are characteristic.
The grenade-bodies have a characteristic Czech-colour but also the hole for demilitarisation drilled-in, sometime the is only a stamp punched-in.

 

[EOD]

The Czech demil-punch is obsolete for some years already.

 

[batonroundcollector]

yep its Czech.

I have four Czech F1s, 1 fully marked, no de-mil hole; 2 no markings on body and no hole; and 1 with de-mil hole all the way through base and small red crosses stamped into the body around the 'neck'

 

[ken68]

Yeah Czech someone has drilled a hole in the Base it would be solid , Deactivated czechoslovakian F1
My one still has the Base intact
Cheers