Just arrived from Poland. A Russian M1912 grenade. The handle unfortunately, is a reproduction but, the rest of this World War I example, is in Nice shape. These grenades are rather scarce, so repro handle or not, was very happy to add to the collection. Blinky if you'd like more photos send PM & I'd be glad to send.
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Very nice.pseudo-expertComment
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I know nothing about grenades...but isn't that style a little fragile? Was it more likely to go off prematurely? More dangerous?Comment
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You got it!! That's super!
I'll send you an email tonight!
FreeR: these were as you said, a bit fragile but from the little I know about them they weren't any more dangerous than a lot of early grenades. It was kind of a complicated design and it seems like it would be easy to screw up a step in arming but also less chance of it blowing up in your face. The same general design served right up into early WWII I believe. Tim knows a lot more about these than I do.
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