The Last Grenade Monument (Monumentul Ultima Grenadă) is a First World War memorial in front of the train station in Bușteni, dedicated to Corporal Constantin Mușat. Created by sculptor Ion Dimitriu-Bârlad and inaugurated in 1928, the bronze statue depicts Mușat at the moment he throws a grenade with his right arm, the only arm he still had after being wounded earlier in the war.
Mușat had served in the Romanian army during the campaigns of the First World War and lost his left arm in combat. Rather than leaving military service permanently, he returned to the front and continued fighting. In August 1917 he took part in the Battle of Oituz, where Romanian forces were resisting a major German and Austro-Hungarian offensive. He was killed there on August 14 while urging his comrades to continue throwing grenades.
The monument turns that final episode into its central image. Mușat is shown in a dynamic pose with a grenade raised in his remaining hand, making the sculpture more dramatic than a conventional standing soldier memorial. It was erected through the initiative of local supporters and inaugurated on September 9, 1928 in the presence of Queen Marie.
Its position directly in front of the railway station makes the monument one of the first historic landmarks seen by visitors arriving in Bușteni by train. The sculpture also forms part of the wider group of First World War memorials in and around the town, alongside the much larger Heroes’ Cross on Mount Caraiman.
