Original French WWI F1 Practice Hand Grenade with Billant Modèle 1916 Fuse - Inert Category_MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly an F-4 pilot

an F-4 pilot

who based on the translations probably lived in the Nagano area near Tokyo

The plating is flaking a bit near the throat

The accompanying scabbard is also a beauty

when he was transferred to the 109th Infantry Regiment

Original French WWI F1 Practice Hand Grenade with Billant Modèle 1916 Fuse - Inert Category_MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly an F-4 pilotOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a totally inert BATF compliant genuine World War One French F1 Grenade with a Billant Modle 1916 fuse offered in very good condition. This was the fourth and most effective type of fuse used with the F1 grenade during WWI. The first fuse was a simple lit wick type, which had obvious drawbacks. Unloaded or dummy grenades, artillery shell casings, and similar devices, which are cut or drilled in an BATF