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Mills Grenade

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Bomber2007

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Goodafternoon,
Has anyone an idea what kind of Mills this is?
 

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This Mills grenade doesn’t look like a No. 5. My question is whether it’s a No. 23 or a No. 36, and whether it dates from WWI or WWII.


The base plug fitted in it doesn’t belong to this grenade, although it has the same thread as the No. 5.


Does anyone have any information about this?
 
It could be either a No.23 MkIII or a No.36 - the only difference was the base plug. The casing was made by John Harper and Co. Ltd under sub-contract to one of the Mills grenade prime contractors. WWI manufacture.
 
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