Hello team, I picked up this J Legge and Co Mills here in NZ last week. It has at some stage had mostly NZ WW2 dated parts attached. MP base plug, NZP lever and discharger plate. We don't get many different manufactures here in NZ so pleased to get this one. Now I will need to look for the parts to bring her back to her former glory. Cheers Nathan
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John is that lever WW1 or 2
Morning Sir, thank you, yes i think that would help.
Probably WW2 as it came from Malta. I don't have details of Legge's WW2 production.
I did not know Legge continued to produce grenades in WW2... everything i have found so far reading wise refers back to earlier production... now it that us the case do I have a 1st or 2nd war Legge.
I thought they were WW1 only but there was nothing to stop WW1 stocks going to Malta. So maybe interwar use?
J Legge & Co. Ltd, Willenhall, had two small 1940-dated contracts for No.36 grenade totalling 100,000. "Legge" stamped levers that emerged in Malta back in 2017 are from those contracts.
The JL & Co. body shown above is from WWI and was made for Legge & Co. Ltd, and marked for the company, under sub-contract by John Harper and Co. Ltd, Willenhall.
The JL & Co. body shown above is from WWI and was made for Legge & Co. Ltd, and marked for the company, under sub-contract by John Harper and Co. Ltd, Willenhall.
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Thank you very much that is great information... there is so much to learn. Cheers Nathan