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INERT. Rare, WW1, British, 1916 Dated Cast Iron, Mills No 5 MK 1 Practice Hand Grenade Resembling The Mills No 5 MK 1 Hand Grenade. - O 1895 INERT. This is a rare, original, WW1, 1916 dated Mills No 5 cast iron practice hand grenade resembling the Mills No 5 MK I, hand grenade. This variation does not have the lever cast on but is threaded for a base plug which is fitted. The grenade also has a flattened and dimpled part which resembles where the filling plug would have been cast then drilled and tapped. The grenade is made of cast iron with a hollow interior. The grenade has been threaded for a base plug which is fitted and has the same appearance of the Mills grenade. The grenade has the fragmentations cast into it as per the Mills grenade. The brass screw in base plug has two holes screwed into it and is stamped No-5 I a crowfoot, 9-16 (September 1916 date) ESH&? (E.S.Hindley & Sons, Bourton, Dorset). The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this inert grenade in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 1895 £245.00
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