This is a nice and lovely condition find from the battlefield which is a German model 17 Egg grenade which is nice relic condition which is empty and inert. This is the outer case with no fuse the metal case has no holes but is rusty and pitted but not to badly with some original black paintwork remains and is perfect condition to be restored if you wanted to and is perfect for display or any collection. The grenade was recovered from the battlefield at Passchendaele from the 1917 battle part of the third battle of Ypres.This grenade comes with A5 laminated information card.
Passchendaele is small village five miles north-east of Ypres is the name by which the final stages of the Third Battle of Ypres is known. It is the name, along with the Somme, which has come to symbolise the Great War for many. The Third battle of Ypres was preceded by the attack on Messines ridge in June 1917. The main battle commenced on the 31st of July 1917, and stretched on until November the 10th, 1917.The final phase, the advance on Passchendaele, took place in October and November, the aim being to take the strategically important high ground of the Passchendaele ridge. The first battle of Passchendaele, on the 12th October, failed to take the village, and the second battle of Passchendaele lasted from the 26th of October until the 10th of November.
This is a nice and lovely condition find from the battlefield which is a German model 17 Egg grenade which is nice relic condition which is empty and inert. This is the outer case with no fuse the metal case has no holes but is rusty and pitted but not to badly with some original black paintwork remains and is perfect condition to be restored if you wanted to and is perfect for display or any collection. The grenade was recovered from the battlefield at Passchendaele from the 1917 battle part of the third battle of Ypres.This grenade comes with A5 laminated information card.
Passchendaele is small village five miles north-east of Ypres is the name by which the final stages of the Third Battle of Ypres is known. It is the name, along with the Somme, which has come to symbolise the Great War for many. The Third battle of Ypres was preceded by the attack on Messines ridge in June 1917. The main battle commenced on the 31st of July 1917, and stretched on until November the 10th, 1917.The final phase, the advance on Passchendaele, took place in October and November, the aim being to take the strategically important high ground of the Passchendaele ridge. The first battle of Passchendaele, on the 12th October, failed to take the village, and the second battle of Passchendaele lasted from the 26th of October until the 10th of November.
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