French Bracelet Grenade 1915
French bracelet grenade, which hooked around the thrower's wrist with a strap or thong. Innocuous while in the soldier's hand, the jerk as the grenade extends the strap and flies free by means of swivel-hook pulls out a catch in the bomb and starts the fuse burning
Picture No
10731561
Media ID
46099072
Size
4022px x 4556px
(4.1MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Tropical in The Illustrated War News', 19 May 1915, page 36
Date
1915
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