Original British WWI Mills Bomb No. 5 MKI Grenade Dated 1916 - maker marked M. & Co. ERA A text from one such

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28 period photographs covering General Speth's career as a young Lieutenant through the Weimar/pre-war period and many photographs of his service in WWII

The scabbard is made of fine black leather

and still retains most of the black paint that it did when we received it

Original British WWI Mills Bomb No. 5 MKI Grenade Dated 1916 - maker marked M. & Co. ERA A text from one suchOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an very nice BATF approved totally inert example of a 1916 dated No. 5 MkI "Mills Bomb" Grenade. This is the first version of the "Mills Bomb" produced, and was one of the standard grenades used by British forces during WWI. This wonderful example is complete with internal parts including the spring loaded ignition (no explosives!) and the original pull pin. It is totally inert, cannot be converted to an