Original French WWII Inert Grenade à Main DF 37 Offensive Grenade With Mle.35 Fuze Original Display Machine Guns and soldiers as well as

and soldiers as well as Chinese Christians in the Legation Quarter were besieged for 55 days by the Imperial Army of China and the Boxers

The rod passes through the reinforced end of the fusee spring cover and engages the threaded nut in the spring

They are in good shape but one has some oxidation pitting and was likely partially submerged for a while

with the rank being Marineartilleriegefreite (Marine Artillery Seaman 2nd Class)

the destruct button is mentioned only in the disassembly procedure (probably erroneously) - the wiring for the button is gone from the schematic

Original French WWII Inert Grenade à Main DF 37 Offensive Grenade With Mle.35 Fuze Original Display Machine Guns and soldiers as well asOriginal 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. The French DF37 was a French Pre WWII design hand "offensive" type hand grenade. It was put into service in 1937 together with OF 37 defensive hand grenades. Both grenades were typically used with Mle 1935 fuse while later variations