Item Description
Original Item. Only One Available. As soon as April 1915, the military manufacture of Foug, in Meurthe et Moselle near Toul, began to produce simple grenades models, including a copy of the famous German stick grenade, and two 'asparagus' grenades (a long then a shorter) in pre fragmented steel equipped with a rudimentary wooden igniting percussion plug.
Unloaded or dummy grenades, artillery shell casings, and similar devices, which are cut or drilled in an BATF-approved manner so that they cannot be used as ammunition components for destructive devices, are not considered NFA weapons. This example is in total compliance and is NOT AVAILABLE FOR EXPORT.
This is an extremely scarce early model French “Asparagus” grenade, an early variation of what would become the Citron Foug modèle 1916.
The grenade Citron Foug modèle 1916 is a evolution of this 'asparagus' grenade, mainly designed to reduce the weight and improve the fragmentation properties. This latter point conditionned precisely the profile of the body, whose influence had been found to be higher on the fragmentation then the shape of the grooves themselves.
The grenade consists of the fragmented body, a red painted wooden plug, and a metal end cap which is often found on Citron grenades. It measures 6¾” with the cap on, with a 1½” base diameter. There are no surviving photos we can find of this scarce early grenade, but from the descriptions we could find, we are confident that is what this is.
A great example, ready for further research and display.
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- Totally inert, cannot be converted to an explosive devise, not available for export
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