INERT DEACTIVATED. WW1, 1915 Dated, Mills No.5 Hand Grenade by Vickerys Patents Ltd, London. O 2338 INERT DEACTIVATED. WW1, 1915 Dated, Mills No.5 Hand Grenade by Vickerys Patents Ltd, London. O 2338 Various Other Ammunition

INERT DEACTIVATED. This is an excellent, original, 1915 dated WW1, Mills No.5, Hand Grenade made by Vickerys Patents Ltd London. The body of the grenade is made of cast iron and is in excellent condition. The grenade is fitted with a small diameter brass filling screw and the correct early striker/fly off lever with the holes for the safety pin. The striker is the early non slotted type which was soon replaced by the slotted type to aid ignition of the time fuze. The fly off lever is retained by an iron split pin and a small iron ring. The flat alloy base plug which has stamped into it No 5.I 12/15 (December 1915) VP Ld (Vickerys Patents Ltd London). See pages 41-45 in ‘GRENADE’ British & Commonwealth Hand & 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. O 2338