INERT DEACTIVATED. WW1 1918 Dated Mills No.36M MK1, Hand Grenade With Grenade Launching Adaptor Plate by Elmbank Foundry, Glasgow. Sn - 21517 INERT DEACTIVATED. WW1 1918 Dated Mills No.36M MK1, Hand Grenade With Grenade Launching Adaptor Plate by Elmbank Foundry, Glasgow. Sn - 21517 Other Ammunition

INERT DEACTIVATED. This is an excellent, original, early example, 1918 dated WW1, Mills No 36, Hand Grenade with its steel launching plate from firing from the grenade adaptor on a SMLE rifle. The 36M refers to the pattern of Grenade 36 M originally 'Mesopotania' and the fact they were waterproofed and was introduced into service in May 1918. The body of the grenade is made of cast iron and is in excellent condition and has cast into it below the filling plug the manufacturers letters D M. The grenade also has the mould number 3 under the fly off lever. The grenade is fitted with a brass filling screw. The cast iron base plug which has cast into it NO36M ELMBANK (Elmbank Foundry, Glasgow). 8 18 (August 1918 date). The base plug is threaded for a baseplate to enable it to be used as a rifle grenade and still retains some of its original protective nickel plated finish. The steel base plate screws into the screw thread in the base plug. This is a nice original well stamped WW1 display item. See pages 111-119 in ‘GRENADE’ British & Commonwealth Hand & Rifle Grenades by Rick Landers. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this inert grenade in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21617