mills drill

[kahu1]

A recent pick up, a Mills drill grenade, i think NZ made,the spoon has 'nPz' stamping.



Bob

 

[Infanteer]

Is that the proper pull ring?

 

[Fragman]

Hi Bob. The pin looks good. What letters/numbers are on the front? Cheers

 

[kahu1]

On the filling hole side, "_(hole)M ,then 12 over 1941.

 

[xPANZERx]

that would probably be BM for Booth MacDonald foundry in Christchurch

 

[Millsman]

A recent pick up, a Mills drill grenade, i think NZ made,the spoon has 'nPz' stamping.

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Bob

Mills grenades don't have spoons, they have levers.

John

 

[xPANZERx]

mine seems to have a spoon:hmmmm:

 

[kahu1]

Info from a previous employee of 'Precision Engineering' in Wellington,NZ, the lever is marked as made by them,with the 'P' between the 'n z'