Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Swiss-made Inert Cylinder Hand Grenade - Zylindergranate 40mm BOFORS and is now loose around

and is now loose around it

WWI era issued to front line troops fighting in trenches

There is also the marking Late 14

Excellent shiny bore making this a wonderful example of an iconic gun

which we estimate puts production around 1865

Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Swiss-made Inert Cylinder Hand Grenade - Zylindergranate 40mm BOFORS and is now loose aroundOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a totally inert BATF complaint Austro Hungarian Zylindergranate (Cylinder Grenade), as used during WWI. Many of the early hand grenades in use during the first few months of the war, across all the combatant nations, were improvised explosive devices, tins full of bits of metal or anything likely to cause damage, often attached to handles for easier throwing. The Austro Hungarian Army was no different, but by