1915 Mills bomb
Article about: Very nice! Did it arrive defused or did you spend a nerve wracking afternoon with a toothpick?
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Re: 1915 Mills bomb
Hi Ian.
You do see more brass and zinc plugs. The Mills No.5 was developed in 1915.
It sounds like you have a very nice early grenade..........
British "Mills Bomb" (1 of 3) - Inert-Ord.Net
Mills grenades
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Lovely example
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Very nice indeed. A hard-to-find item.
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Thanks for the feedback, It's one of those things that was always around since childhood so is familiar and not important. Things I dig up or buy now I examine closely. Until I took the time to use my eyes I thought it might be a repro. It was a late night on t'interporn when I saw the date. The only other 'great' war item I've got is a German shell made in Karlesruhe, bought because it was very cheap nad the town my late brother's German girlfriend came from.
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Excellent condition ! - It may not seem all that important, but it's a great piece
of WWI history - with family connections too. Would be a welcome addition
to any grenade collection.........
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Very nice WWI Mills, Ian...Hard to see such a nicely preserverd WWI item...
Best regards, Thanos.
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Thanks everyone, difficult to believe it's nearly 100 years old!
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Attachment 377442Thought I would put a picture of mine up. This was lobbed on a Belgian battle field but as You can see failed to do the business!!!!
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