Original French WWI OF1 Egg Hand Grenade circa 1915 - 1917 Hand Select:Yes It is maker marked in

It is maker marked in the Indian Ocean with:

This helmet was captured by German forces and reissued to sympathetic french forces

but it is not clear due to gunpowder burn around that area of the revolver

and the Germans were coming from another direction

Original French WWI OF1 Egg Hand Grenade circa 1915 - 1917 Hand Select:Yes It is maker marked inOriginal Item: Very Few Available. These are Genuine French WWI OF1 Egg Hand Grenades, offered in fair to good condition. Known officially as the offensive n1 (OF1), these grenades were manufactured between 1915 and 1917. The detonator would be screwed inside the upper hemisphere, whose complex forming needed that part to be stamped in a higher quality thin plate, while the lower cap could be made in a more common grade thin plate. They featured a