Post up your 2014 M1 purchases.

[austromunga]

Thanks BG its actually still kind of loose but I like it that way!!!!! ....hey.. on your salty fixed bale... is that some remains of writing/name on the front!????

[battle gear]

Thanks BG its actually still kind of loose but I like it that way!!!!! ....hey.. on your salty fixed bale... is that some remains of writing/name on the front!????

it could be? but it's too faded to tell what was there, it could just be rub marks?

[austromunga]

Whatever it is or isn't.. I can't even get just a common old helmet cover over here for that price!! let alone a genuine WW II relic.... well done!!!

[James C]

Here is a salty fixed bale set with one bale missing that I picked up at a local flea market recently for only $8

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whats the story behind the pineapple grenade battlegear is it a complete casting for training purposes ,im not familiar ,thanks james

[MAP]

whats the story behind the pineapple grenade battlegear is it a complete casting for training purposes ,im not familiar ,thanks james

James,

It's a Mk1A1 training grenade. Solid cast iron. There is also the Mk2 training grenade which more closely resembled the live version as it had screw on dummy fuse.

Michael

[battle gear]

whats the story behind the pineapple grenade battlegear is it a complete casting for training purposes ,im not familiar ,thanks james

yes, it's a casting with no movable parts, it's hollow inside, has the weight & feel of an original for throwing practice, another bargain priced item I picked up at the flea market mixed in with old rusty tools.

[greatwhite]

Wish our UK flea markets would have items like this. nice catch.