grenade
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19910232-026
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Event
1754-1763 Seven Years' War
Louisbourg - Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made --
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Nova Scotia, Municipality - Louisbourg
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Armament, ammunition
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Pattern Name Hand
- Materials Cast iron
- Service Component British Army
- Related activity Grenadier
- Caption Hand Grenade
- Additional Information Hand Grenades.This hand grenade was discovered on a beach near Louisbourg. Eighteenth-century hand grenades were hollow iron balls packed with gunpowder. When they exploded, metal fragments flew in all directions. In battle, soldiers and sailors threw grenades into crowds of enemies.