Original French WWI Inert P1 Pear / Spoon Percussion Grenade - Percutante Grenade Nr.1 Japanese Guns & Ordnance It was designed for use

It was designed for use by non-infantry soldiers who carried a rifle

The bore is just too small to be

My father who was born in 1905 told me that as a boy he remembered seeing Atlases showing the Continent of Africa with "UNKNOWN" or "UNEXPLORED" printed across the interior

It is made from plywood with a decorative figured wood top veneer

Original French WWI Inert P1 Pear / Spoon Percussion Grenade - Percutante Grenade Nr.1 Japanese Guns & Ordnance It was designed for useOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is totally inert BATF compliant genuine World War One French Grenade Percutante n1 (Percussion Grenade Nr. 1). These are quite hard to find, and this is the second example that we have had. These were called both the "Pear" grenade due to the shape, as well as the "Spoon" grenade due to the large arming device for the ignition system. Like all deactivated ordnance, this grenade is not available for export. This