Grenades
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INERT DEACTIVATED. WW1, 1915 Dated, Mills No 5 MK 1, Hand Grenade By H, & T. Vaughan, Willenhall. - O 1913 INERT DEACTIVATED. This is an excellent, original, 1915 dated WW1, Mills No 5 MK I, Hand Grenade made by H & T V (H, & T. Vaughan, Willenhall). The body of the grenade is made of cast iron and is in excellent condition. The grenade is fitted with an alloy detonator and firing pin holder. The grenade is fitted with a brass filling screw and has the correct steel fly off lever. The grenade is fitted with a cast alloy base plug is which stamped No 5 MK I H & T.V, H LTD (H, & T. Vaughan, Standard Works, Willenhall) 11/15 (November 1915 date) . The grenade has the mould letter A cast into the rear under the fly off lever. See pages 41-46 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 1913 £345.00 |
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INERT DEACTIVATED. RARE, Early WW1, September 1915 Dated, No5 MK 1 'Centre Cast & Lathe Finished' First Pattern Mills Hand Grenade By CAV (C.A,Vandervell & Company). - O 1912 INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a scarce and early example of the first type centre cast, lathe turned No5 MK 1 Mills hand grenade. The cast iron body has centre cast line directly under the brass filling plug as opposed to the slightly later ones where the casting line under the filling plug was omitted. The grenade was lathe finished after being cast and this gave it a very smooth and uniform finish which was labour intensive and was soon stopped. As a result the segmentation on these early grenades is markedly more defined than on later grenades. The alloy base plug is marked with No 5 MK 1 9/15 date (September 1915) and the manufacturer oval monogram of CAV (C.A,Vandervell & Company, Warple Way, Acton Vale, London W3). This is a scarce nicely marked early WW1 1st Pattern Number 5 mark 1 Mills hand grenade. See pages 41-46, ‘GRENADE’ British & Commonwealth Hand & Rifle Grenades by Rick Landers. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess inert grenades in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 1912 £595.00 |
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INERT DEACTIVATED. WW1, 1916 Dated, Mills No 5 MK 1, Hand Grenade By W.E.Blake Ltd. - O 1899 INERT DEACTIVATED. This is an excellent, original, 1916 dated WW1, Mills No 5 MK I, Hand Grenade made by T.H. Holt of Rochdale. The body of the grenade is made of cast iron and is in excellent condition. The grenade is fitted with an alloy filling screw. The grenade is fitted with a brass base plug is which stamped No 5 MK I WEB Ltd (W.E.Blake Ltd, Rose Bank Works, London, SW6) 1/16 (January 1916 date) and a crowfoot . The grenade is fitted with the correct first pattern striker without the slot which was soon updated with a slot to aid in the combustion of the fuse. The grenade is fitted with a cast alloy filling screw fitted and the correct early firing pin. This is a nice original well stamped WW1 display item. See pages 41-46 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 1899 £345.00 |
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INERT. Rare, WW1, British, Cast Iron, Mills No 5 MK 1 Practice Hand Grenade Resembling The Mills No 5 MK 1, Hand Grenade with Lever. - O 1893 INERT. This is a rare, original, WW1, Mills No 5 cast iron practice hand grenade resembling the Mills No 5 MK I, hand grenade with lever. The grenade is made of cast iron with a hollow interior. The grenade has not been threaded of a base plug and cast into it is the fly off handle to give the realistic look of the Mills grenade. The grenade has the fragmentations cast into it as per the Mills grenade. 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 1893 £245.00 |
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INERT. Rare, WW1, British, Aluminium, Mills No 5 MK 1 Practice Hand Grenade Resembling The Mills No 5 MK 1 Hand Grenade with Lever. - O 1894 INERT. This is a rare, original, WW1, aluminium Mills No 5 practice hand grenade resembling the Mills No 5 MK I, hand grenade with lever. The grenade is made of cast aluminium with a hollow interior. The grenade has not been threaded of a base plug and cast into it is the fly off handle to give the realistic look of the Mills grenade. The grenade has the fragmentations cast into it as per the Mills grenade. 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 1894 £245.00 |
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DEACTIVATED INERT. German, WW2, 1Kg Incendiary bomb. Sn. - 20430 DEACTIVATED INERT. This is an original German WW2 1Kg Incendiary bomb that was air dropped in containers by German bombers in WW2. The bombs were used to great effect in the German Blitzes during the early part of WW2 against British cities. The bombs were made of a magnesium alloy body including the fuse holder and would burn brightly and furiously once ignited. The bombs filling was thermite which burns at a very high temperature, ignited the magnesium body. The bombs body has three tail fins of pressed steel with a steel reinforcing ring at the tail. The assembly is soldered together from four pieces of pressed steel and are held to the bomb by 3 short steel screw pins. The bomb fin assembly retains some of its original faded light grey painted finish which is held on by 3 screw pins. This example is stamped on the body S4 in a square Rhs 184 51 Rhs 143K S4 in a square 52K III Rhs 143 K 54. The alloy nose fuse is stamped AZ8312 47 Rhs over 143 k. The bomb is complete with its rare to find aluminium thermite container under the fuse head. See pages 27 and 139 in German Air Dropped Weapons to 1945 by Wolfgang Fleischer. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this inert incendiary bomb in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn. 20430 £375.00 |
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INERT DEACTIATED. British, WW2, Rare, 4 Pound Incendiary Bomb. - O 1886 INERT DEACTIATED. At the start of WW2 with the firebombing of British cities by the German Luftwaffe in the 1940/1 Blitz much information was used from the German method of dropping incendiary bombs followed by high explosive bombs which would spread the fires, injure/kill the firefighters/rescuers and their equipment. The British 4 pound incendiary bomb was developed by ICI in 1934 after various trials including the German incendiary bomb. The design was finalised with a all hexagonal bomb with a magnesium body filled with thermite, a flat steel tip and pressed steel hexagonal fins. This bomb could penetrate the roof and 1 to 2 upper floors of a normal building. This is a rare British 4 pound incendiary bomb with the normal flat bottomed type. The bomb measures 21 inches in length including the pressed steel hexagonal tail fins. The bomb is complete with a pressed steel tail fin assembly including the alloy fuse holder that would have originally screwed onto the rear of the incendiary bomb. The bomb has traces of the original black stencilling to one of the sides including the number A/EB ???? 14262. The pages 60, 61 and 88 in the reference book ‘BOMBS GONE, The development and use of British air-dropped weapons from 1912 to the present day’ by Wing Commander John A, MacBean and Major Arthur S. Hogben. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this inert item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 1886 £395.00 |
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INERT DEACTIVATED. British, WW2, Rare, 4 Pound Tile Breaking Pointed Steel Tip Incendiary Bomb. - O 1885 INERT DEACTIATED. At the start of WW2 with the firebombing of British cities by the German Luftwaffe in the 1940/1 Blitz much information was used from the German method of dropping incendiary bombs followed by high explosive bombs which would spread the fires, injure/kill the firefighters/rescuers and their equipment. The British 4 pound incendiary bomb was developed by ICI in 1934 after various trials including the German incendiary bomb. The design was finalised with a all hexagonal bomb with a magnesium body filled with thermite, a flat steel tip and pressed steel hexagonal fins. This bomb could penetrate the roof and 1 to 2 upper floors of a normal building. This is a rare British 4 pound tile breaker incendiary bomb with a pointed steel tip as opposed to the normal flat bottomed type. This would enable the bomb to penetrate roofs easier instead of bouncing on to the ground where the roofs were very steep which were more frequent in the continent as opposed to British roofs. The bomb measures18 inches in length are the same length as the normal 4 pound incendiary bomb so that it could be packed into canisters. The steel nose is 3 ½ inches in length instead of the normal 1 ¾ inches and has been turned to a point. The bomb is complete with an undamaged pressed steel hexagonal tailfin assembly. See pages 60, 61 and 88 in the reference book ‘BOMBS GONE, The development and use of British air-dropped weapons from 1912 to the present day’ by Wing Commander John A, MacBean and Major Arthur S. Hogben. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this inert item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 1885 £495.00 |
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INERT DEACTIVATED. Rare WW1 Russian Orlov Friction 'Stick' Grenade. - O 1863 INERT DEACTIVATED. This is an extremely rare WW1 Russian grenade designed by Russian Colonel Orlov. The grenade is made of galvanised steel on soldered construction and measures 2 3/8" across its hexagonal top. The top is fixed in place by 2 copper clips. The grenade is fused by a friction igniter at the top of the grenade and the holder for the igniter protrudes 5/8” above the grenades body. The grenade including the wooden 'stick' handle measures 8 1/4" in length. The stick and pivoting steel cover are held on by steel pins. These grenades are rarely seen outside Russia. 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. Price includes UK delivery. O 1863 £0.00 |
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INERT DEACTIVATED. WW1 Austrian Schwerhand Heavy Fragmentation Hand Grenade With Fuse Recovered From The Italian Front. - O 1856 This is an original WW1 Austrian Schwerhand heavy hand grenade recovered from the Italian Front. The iron body has deep segmentation and has no cracks or other damage. The grenade has its original steel screw top fuse. The casing which is empty is approximately 2 ¼ “ in diameter and 4 ½” length. The fuse is screwed into the body with a coarse left hand thread and has the remains of the fuse in it. The grenade has a field made wire belt hanger on it. The price includes UK delivery. NB No licence is required to own this inert deactivated grenade in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 1856 £275.00 |
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