mills plug with no stamp

[ludokhan]

unearthed in the region of comines (belgium) several plugs without marking .... I thought one was a production error, but more than that is probably intending?

 

[Snufkin]

French plugs were not marked. You might also find that the threads are slightly too big (> 1.25 inch) to fit a British made No.5.

 

[Millsman]

unearthed in the region of comines (belgium) several plugs without marking .... I thought one was a production error, but more than that is probably intending?

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Agree with Tom on this. The presence of other French made base plugs gives this away.

Very nice batch of plugs to get.

John

 

[millsbomber]

I see 7 french plugs there, was there many battles in that area,,,,,,, Dave

 

[ludokhan]

yes a lot, you have certainly heard about the battle of Messines ... very close to comines

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bataille_de_Messines_(1917)

and yes that's a lot of French ... 7 plug on 180.233 dunkirk mills produced.

 

[Millsman]

Very interesting as most of the French Mills grenades were used or destroyed by December 1916 - before the battle of Messines.

 

[ludokhan]

yes, it's true I admit I'm a naughty joker ... I unearthed them in 1916 and returned them in 1918..pfuuuu
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