Original Italian WWI Benaglia Rifle Grenade with Rod - Inert Replica Non-Firing Machine Guns US 7 3/8) example of

US 7 3/8) example of a German WWII Flying helmet

This example features the standard 6 1/2" barrel

where these were often issued to rear echelon troops late in the war

however it does not appear to be the original cleaning rod for this rifle

Original Italian WWI Benaglia Rifle Grenade with Rod - Inert Replica Non-Firing Machine Guns US 7 3/8) example ofOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a rare example of the WWI Italian Benaglia rifle grenade, actually a rod grenade. The rod grenade was patented by an Englishman named Frederick Marten Hale, an employee of the Cotton Powder Company at Faversham in Kent, in November 1909. Unfortunately, in practice, the rod grenade turned out to be an impractical weapon of dubious accuracy that caused stress on the rifle barrel, and which soon necessitated