INERT DEACTIVATED. Rare British WW1, No 15 Hand Grenade. Sn - 15535 INERT DEACTIVATED. Rare British WW1, No 15 Hand Grenade. Sn - 15535 Cartridges

INERT DEACTIVATED. Rare British WW1, No 15 Hand Grenade. Sn - 15535

INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a rare WW1, British No 15 hand grenade. This hand grenade was introduced in May 1915 as one of the emergency hand grenades and was superseded by the segmented hand grenades in the latter half of 1916. The grenade was fitted with a No8 mark VII detonator which was secured at the end of a length of safety fuse. This grenade shared the same fuse of the No16 grenade which was the last of the emergency grenades which still had the external Brock matchhead igniter against the fuse to ignite it. This hand grenade is a 3 inch diameter cast iron ball with a smooth outer surface and a screw in brock fuse holder at the top. No. 15 grenades are packed 12 in a wooden box with space for a tin box containing 12 igniters and two brassards. See page 58, Grenade, British and Commonwealth hand and rifle grenades by Rick Landers. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this inert grenade in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 15535