Original British WWII British No 69 I Bakelite High Explosive Hand Grenade Dated 1942 - Inert Spade Grip Assembly side plate and ramrod pipes

side plate and ramrod pipes (3) together with a new made trigger assembly already fitted

The '1' badge was stolen from a display in Russia in 2005

Overall length of the knife is 8 3/4 inches

brass heavy duty zipper

Original British WWII British No 69 I Bakelite High Explosive Hand Grenade Dated 1942 - Inert Spade Grip Assembly side plate and ramrod pipesOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent original inert example of a very hard to find British ordnance piece from WW2! The British No. 69 I was a hand grenade developed and used during the Second World War. It was adopted into service due to the need for a grenade with smaller destructive radius than the No 36M "Mills bomb". This allowed the thrower to use a grenade even when there was little in the way of defensive cover. In contrast,