Original British WWII British No 69 I Bakelite High Explosive Inert Hand Grenade - dated 1942 Hotchkiss .303 6689 on the barrel and

6689 on the barrel and stock

Nijmegen was liberated from German occupation by the British Grenadier Gaurds of the Guards Armoured Division

The airborne force suffered approximately 10 percent casualties and was badly disorganized

400 cadet rifles produced were made between April and September 1871

Original British WWII British No 69 I Bakelite High Explosive Inert Hand Grenade - dated 1942 Hotchkiss .303 6689 on the barrel andOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent original inert example of a very hard to find British ordnance piece from WWII! The British No. 69 I was a hand grenade developed and used during the Second World War. It was adopted into service due to the need for a grenade with smaller destructive radius than the No 36M "Mills bomb". This allowed the thrower to use a grenade even when there was little in the way of defensive cover. In