Original Imperial Russian WWI Inert Model 1917 Chemical Grenade Water Jacket Assembly On the reverse the blade

On the reverse the blade is marked with both the Carl Eickhorn "Squirrel" trademark and the RZM designation:

in Rhineland-Palatinate

in 1942 only there were army contract blades seen with this marking

and someone took a buffer to it

and in January 1945

Original Imperial Russian WWI Inert Model 1917 Chemical Grenade Water Jacket Assembly On the reverse the bladeOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Russian Army adopted the Model 1917 Chemical Hand Grenade in 1917. It was designed by Vladimir Rdultovsky, who also designed the RG 14 hand grenade. M1917 grenades were filled mostly with Chloropicrin (PS), a toxic tear nausea gas capable of penetrating standard gas masks. They were used in WWI and in the Russian Civil war. The last manual for this grenade appeared in 1927, and there is no accurate information as