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Hand grenade c.1871
6.0 x 6.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 84415
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Hand grenade with percussion cap detonators. Taken from a female Communard on the 3rd of the Commune, Paris 1871. She was shot for refusing to give information about the basket full of grenades which she was carrying.
Provenance
Presented to HM Queen Victoria by Colonel Edward Mallet.
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Measurements
6.0 x 6.0 cm (whole object)
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Place of Production
France
