Unknown grenade?

[Alan Alfred]

Hi guys what type of grenade is this? It is a ball with an outer shell which opens after the pin is removed to show this.

Any help?

Regards

Alan

 

[Alan Alfred]

Another picture
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[Spgr30]

Hello,
It look like Humphries pattern or Woolwich N1 grenade (1917-1918).
Regards
JM

 

[Bonnex]

Hi guys what type of grenade is this? It is a ball with an outer shell which opens after the pin is removed to show this.

Any help?

Regards

Alan

Spgr30 has probably nailed this. A few more photographs would be helpful. The Woolwich No 1 and No 2 grenades represent the start of Humphries work on the allways fuze and lead to the No 247 used in WW2 with much development between. It is recorded that Humphries based his initial design on a German allways mortar fuze but I have not worked out which one (1916 vintage). Nice item.

 

[Bonnex]

Hi guys what type of grenade is this? It is a ball with an outer shell which opens after the pin is removed to show this.

Any help?

Regards

Alan

Alan,

Here is a photograph of the "Woolwich No 1" which might help to confirm the identity of yours.

 

[Alan Alfred]

Thanks guys. I don't own it I was going to buy it but they will not ship outside the USA

 

[Gau 8]

I used the picture search button and this page came up.
http://www.joesalter.com/detail.php?f_qryitem=17591
Lots of pictures on here
Gau 8