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grenade

The symbol of the grenade was bestowed on those who had endured terror while under siege or in battle. It may also indicate that the first bearer of the device was an artilleryman. Visually, it is not unlike the bombshell, though the grenade appears to have several fuses. The bombshell is a hollow cannon ball, with a round hole at the top through which the shell is stuffed with a tallow-soaked fuse and ignited. It also may signify that the first bearer was an artilleryman, or that he had survived the danger of bombshells in battle. The cannon is a figure in more recent grants of arms with the same symbolic meaning.

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