Hand and Rifle Grenade No. 54

[German EOD]

I have these British grenades in my files.
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find any further information about them.
Was this a prototype?
Does anyone have any original photos of this?

 

[Chris]

Here a two photo's and some info

 

[LEAFLET]

Here a Pic of the original Colour.
LEAFLET

 

[Bombdoc]

These were produced between the wars, primarily as a projectile for firing from the discharger cup fitted to the No4 rifle. I believe they were also used in the Northover projector.
They used an "Allways" impact fuze which was also used on the No 69 grenade. They gained a reputation for being dangerous as the fragment throw was somewhat wide for an offensive grenade and the reliability not great. They were never made in large numbers.