Original Rare French WWI & WWII Viven-Bessière “VB” Rifle Fragmentation Grenade - Inert French Ordnance many Union batteries were organized

many Union batteries were organized with six guns of identical type

which measures a very displayable 27" x 39"

There is overall flaking deterioration to the leather

Battle of Ball's Bluff

This is the very type map used by German bomber navigators during WWII

Original Rare French WWI & WWII Viven-Bessière “VB” Rifle Fragmentation Grenade - Inert French Ordnance many Union batteries were organizedOriginal 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). Like all deactivated ordnance, this grenade