Original British WWII Mills Bomb Grenade Crate with Fuze Can and Bottom Plug Wrench - Dated 1943 Category_Lock Assembly The bottom rear of the

The bottom rear of the receiver is correctly marked 9 (Arrow) 5

original correspondence and more

The reverse ricasso is matching etched

at a time when they started using different materials for the outer finish

Original British WWII Mills Bomb Grenade Crate with Fuze Can and Bottom Plug Wrench - Dated 1943 Category_Lock Assembly The bottom rear of theOriginal Item. Only One Available. "Mills bomb" is the popular name for a series of British hand grenades which were designed by William Mills. They were the first modern fragmentation grenades used by the British Army and saw widespread use in the First and Second World Wars. This is an outstanding 1943 dated crate for the storage of 12 Mills hand grenades. The side of the crate reads: 12 GRENADES HAND LOT 873 NO 36M MK 1 RA 9 43 12 DETS LOT 101 D8