Mills practice detonators

[US-Subs]

Only a few grenade pieces in this group, this was one of them.

 

[Millsman]

This lot used to be owned by a grenade instructor with the Romney Marsh Home Guard. Came to me about 10 years ago.



Nice to see a genuine WW2 Drill tin. Rare.

 

[roller63]

Only a few grenade pieces in this group, this was one of them.


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Nice interesting tin. Practice rather than Drill, inter-war 1927 date, is CIA Canadian ?

 

[millsbomber]

if you can Jeff see if there's any date stamped in to anvil body

 

[millsbomber]

This lot used to be owned by a grenade instructor with the Romney Marsh Home Guard. Came to me about 10 years ago.

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Nice to see a genuine WW2 Drill tin. Rare.

that's a post war tin John

 

[Snufkin]

...is CIA Canadian ?

Not Canada but Woolwich. CIA - Chief Inspector of Armaments.

 

[US-Subs]

if you can Jeff see if there's any date stamped in to anvil body

I haven't found a date, but I haven't checked all of them yet. This is all I've found.

 

[Millsman]

that's a post war tin John

By George you're right Dave. I'd never looked that closely but it is dated 6/66. I thought post war the boxes of 12 had been replaced by the tubes of 3 36s. Post WW2 is not my era really.

I bought it from my gunsmith on Romney Marsh who had bought the tin / dets, a few wartime dated practice 36s and a couple of drill 68's, plus wartime training manuals and a large training model of a 36. All from the widow of the ex Home Guard instructor. I can now only assume he's acquired it later to complete his set.