Original Rare French WWI & WWII Viven-Bessière “VB” Rifle Fragmentation Grenade - Inert French Ordnance There is overall flaking deterioration

There is overall flaking deterioration to the leather

This is the very type map used by German bomber navigators during WWII

and anchor insignia is a testament to the training of the individual Marine

which may explain why it has not faded at all

The pattern is characterized by purple-brown leaf shapes that are printed on both grass green and pale green fields

Original Rare French WWI & WWII Viven-Bessière “VB” Rifle Fragmentation Grenade - Inert French Ordnance There is overall flaking deteriorationOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Viven Bessires rifle grenade was an infantry weapon in use with the French Army from 1916 onwards. Also known as the "VB" grenade, it was named after its inventors, and officially referred to as the "Viven Bessires shell" in the French Army instruction manual. The grenade launcher system consists of two elements, the discharger (Launcher) and the projectile (grenade). Like all deactivated ordnance, this grenade