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AN EXTREMELY RARE WW1 BRITISH GRENADE. THE FIRST VARIENT OF THE MILLS BOMB. MADE FROM TWO CAST HALVES JOINED IN THE MIDDLE,  THE GROOVES THEN CUT ON A LATHE.  SOON REPLACED BY THE STANDARD WARTIME PRODUCTION OF TWO HALVES CAST AND JOINED UPRIGHT. SHOWN WITH A STANDARD MILLS GRENADE TO ILLUSTRATE THE DIFFERENCE. (NOT INCLUDED). THESE ARE RARE, BUT THIS EXAMPLE IS IN NEAR MITN CONDITION, WHICH IS EXTREMELY RARE. ALL COMPLETE MINUS THE EXPLOSIVES