Original German WWII Wool SS Overcoat Multi-Piece Wool & Rayon Armband with SS RZM Tag MG 42 Ammo Storage "Hand Grenade

"Hand Grenade

This Short Land Pattern 42" Brown Bess was issued to the WEST KENT MILITIA and was engraved on the barrel: W

6 kg) charge of smokeless powder gave a 33-pound (15 kg) projectile a velocity of 2

Each battalion was charged with the responsibility of mopping up the bypassed resistance in the zone of its advance

The brass butt pate is marked 16 and the Irish gun registration number is also present - WI 1049

Original German WWII Wool SS Overcoat Multi-Piece Wool & Rayon Armband with SS RZM Tag MG 42 Ammo Storage "Hand GrenadeOriginal Item: Only One Available: The SS (Schutzstaffel 'Protection Squadron') was originally formed in 1925, ostensibly to act as a small, loyal bodyguard unit to protect the Fhrer, AH. Under the direction of the Reichsfhrer SS Heinrich Himmler, the SS grew to be the most ruthless and feared organization of the 20th century. They were the vanguard of NSDAP and eventually controlled nearly every function of German life and much of Occupied Europe.