Original U.S. WWI Rare Mark I Inert Pineapple Hand Grenade with Early Mark II Fuze French Ordnance often called the Model 1888

often called the Model 1888 commission rifle

The case has a removable top with some type of glass or hard plastic in the top of the cap

the 462nd was activated by General Order No

Ninth Air Force moved to England to take over tactical operations operating from England

It is a heavy old beast of a gun

Original U.S. WWI Rare Mark I Inert Pineapple Hand Grenade with Early Mark II Fuze French Ordnance often called the Model 1888Original Item: Only One Available. Totally inert and demilitarized according to BATF guidelines with hollow body and inert fuse. This grenade cannot be converted to an explosive device and is not available for export. One of the hardest WWI U. S. Grenades to find is an original WWI Mark I Grenade, the forerunner to the Mark II Cutback Grenades, and the well known MKII Grenades as used during WWII. The MKI we are offering is one of the very few we've