Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Swiss-made Inert Cylinder Hand Grenade - Zylindergranate British Documents & Books Heavy brass tsuba (cross guard)

Heavy brass tsuba (cross guard) with gold highlighted menuki (grip decoration)

but rather encased the entire projectile in a thin layer of lead

and overall the metalwork is quite worn

The M1878 was designed by William Mason

to address the fragile nature of the Type I's bulbous plastic pommel

Original Austro-Hungarian WWI Swiss-made Inert Cylinder Hand Grenade - Zylindergranate British Documents & Books Heavy brass tsuba (cross guard)Original 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