Original British WWII British No 69 I Bakelite High Explosive Inert Hand Grenade - dated 1942 Hotchkiss .303 Nijmegen was liberated from German

Nijmegen was liberated from German occupation by the British Grenadier Gaurds of the Guards Armoured Division

barrel and cylinder held in place and easily removed for loading by releasing removable wedge

The extractor is a very unusual design

When the trigger is squeezed

The airborne force suffered approximately 10 percent casualties and was badly disorganized

Original British WWII British No 69 I Bakelite High Explosive Inert Hand Grenade - dated 1942 Hotchkiss .303 Nijmegen was liberated from GermanOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent original inert example of a very hard to find British ordnance piece from WWII! 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