Original Rare French WWI & WWII Viven-Bessière “VB” Rifle Fragmentation Grenade - Excellent - Inert German Holsters After ten months and repeated

After ten months and repeated requests for reassignment to combat

There also is no tang to the blade

PATENTED DEC

We often receive “battle damaged” items but it is rare to come across one with a history attached

Its body was repainted OD green and stenciled to resemble an M26

Original Rare French WWI & WWII Viven-Bessière “VB” Rifle Fragmentation Grenade - Excellent - Inert German Holsters After ten months and repeatedOriginal 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). Unloaded or dummy grenades, artillery shell