Original French WWI Barbed Wire Destruction Rod Grenade Receiver Features double slant front pockets

Features double slant front pockets a high collar and the size is approximately a US 42 which was very large for WW2

These cast iron grenades were found still contained in their original wood cases (24 to a case) and each case is ink stamped “Packed December 1941”

with credit claimed by Battery C

The blade is very good condition

Original French WWI Barbed Wire Destruction Rod Grenade Receiver Features double slant front pocketsOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice French WWI Barbed Wire Destruction Rod Grenade, known in French as the Ptard de Destruction pour Barbels. Barbed wire was one of the many obstacles faced by troops during the Great War, as they rushed across "No Man's Land" towards enemy trenches. There were wire cutters available, but they were slow and left troops exposed to machine gun fire. With a grenade, the barbed wire could be quickly and