German 'egg' grenade unearthed by spring ploughing, Courcelette, France

• Contributor: Brownlow Brothers / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: R0TBGR
• File size: 69.1 MB (2.9 MB Compressed download)
• Releases: Model - no | Property - no
• Dimensions: 6016 x 4016 px | 50.9 x 34 cm | 20.1 x 13.4 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 2 April 2017
• Location: Courcelette, France

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Even after 100 years the First World War battlefields still produce an 'iron harvest' of unexploded artillery shells and other ordnance. This is a German 'egg' grenade (Eierhandgranate) of a type introduced in 1917.

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