Original French WWI Model 1916 Suffocante Gas Grenade with Billant Fuse - Inert Russian/Soviet Militaria USS SC-117 in a fire

USS SC-117 in a fire on 22 December 1917

The left side of the frame is marked with PAT

This is a testament that private enterprise has seemingly always got things done long before government bureaucrats

the British forces in India also began to experiment with a new color of uniform

This is a mint condition unissued example of a genuine WWII Front-Seam Swivel Bale M1 Helmet made by McCord Radiator

Original French WWI Model 1916 Suffocante Gas Grenade with Billant Fuse - Inert Russian/Soviet Militaria USS SC-117 in a fireOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is totally inert BATF compliant genuine World War One French Grenade Suffocante modle 1916 (Suffocating Grenade Model 1916) tear gas grenade. It was dug up some time after the war, cleaned, and painted a lovely black color. It features a M1916 Billant fuze, which replaced the percussion igniter used on the M1914 Gas Grenade. Several kinds of suffocating grenades were already in use in the French police before