INERT DEACTIVATED. MINT. 1972 Dated Mills No 36M MK1, Foreign Contract Hand Grenade Made at ROF P (Royal Ordnance Factory) Patricroft. O 2413 INERT DEACTIVATED. MINT. 1972 Dated Mills No 36M MK1, Foreign Contract Hand Grenade Made at ROF P (Royal Ordnance Factory) Patricroft. O 2413 Various Other Ammunition

INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a near mint, original, Mills No.36M MK 1, hand grenade made at the Royal Ordnance Factory in Patricroft. The 36M refers to the pattern of the 36 Grenade originally 'Mesopotamia' and the fact they were waterproofed. This grenade is the foreign contract Mills 36M for Commonwealth countries including Pakistan and is the last grenade contract produced by R.O.F. Patricroft. The cast iron body of the grenade has following casting mark Q 2 (Qualcast, mould number 2) below the filler plug. The aluminium base plug is stamped No 36M Mk 1 1972 (date) ROF(P) (Royal Ordnance Factory) (Patricroft). The filling plug is made of aluminium. The steel grenade fly off handle is stamped ROF(P) (Royal Ordnance Factory). The grenades cast iron body retains its original lacquered finish. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this inert grenade items in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 2413