Original U.S. WWI Incredibly Rare Shinkle Hand Grenade Brown Bess Musket Parts with a unique period modification

with a unique period modification

as well as Model 1863 Percussion Contract Rifle

partly obscured by dirt:

The time is set by pulling the winding knob away from the case

Soldiers and we have been able to identify T/Sgt Curry C

Original U.S. WWI Incredibly Rare Shinkle Hand Grenade Brown Bess Musket Parts with a unique period modificationOriginal Item: Only One Available. One of the most sought after of the US early grenades is this excellent Shinkle. Per a respected grenade authority: Shinkle Hand Grenade, Concussion Type, Experimental, dated Nov. 30, 1918." The grenade was the invention of Major Edward Marsh Shinkle who at the time was stationed at Frankford Arsenal in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His idea of an impact fuzed hand grenade was undertaken and prototypes were made and