Original British WWII Mills Bomb Grenade Crate with Fuze Can and Bottom Plug Wrench - Dated 1943 Category_Lock Assembly original correspondence and more

original correspondence and more

This is also examined in the documentation from Kopec

which is amidst an infantry scene

642 being the highest number noted

The reverse ricasso is matching etched

Original British WWII Mills Bomb Grenade Crate with Fuze Can and Bottom Plug Wrench - Dated 1943 Category_Lock Assembly original correspondence and moreOriginal Item. Only One Available. "Mills bomb" is the popular name for a series of British hand grenades which were designed by William Mills. They were the first modern fragmentation grenades used by the British Army and saw widespread use in the First and Second World Wars. This is an outstanding 1943 dated crate for the storage of 12 Mills hand grenades. The side of the crate reads: 12 GRENADES HAND LOT 873 NO 36M MK 1 RA 9 43 12 DETS LOT 101 D8