Madis Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Hello, I need Help a bit ! I've never seen a grenade like this before… Origin ? Manufacturer ? Is anyone able to tell me a little about this grenade, it feels like it is from first World War. Markings: E&S 1915 Thank you in advance ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davejb Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Hi, I cant be 100% but I think this might be a French F! fusante No/ !. However I am not to happy in the fact that this looks as if it still has the wick in place and the base nut has not been removed, are you sure that this has been de activated , was this from a dealer and if so did he say that if was safe and was it from a good dealer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madis Posted July 30, 2021 Author Share Posted July 30, 2021 Many Thanks ! Yes, Grenade is totally inert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Davejb Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Thanks, these things bug me, I had to deal with a live Mills Grenade, that a guy found when me was out with his dog, and the fool handed in to our Police Station and I had to remove it to our wash down , The fuse had gone down and the handel was missing. We got EOD and were later told that the only thing that was stopplng the fuse was a bit of grit, and it was later blown up by EOD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madis Posted July 30, 2021 Author Share Posted July 30, 2021 36 minutes ago, Davejb said: Thanks, these things bug me, I had to deal with a live Mills Grenade, that a guy found when me was out with his dog, and the fool handed in to our Police Station and I had to remove it to our wash down , The fuse had gone down and the handel was missing. We got EOD and were later told that the only thing that was stopplng the fuse was a bit of grit, and it was later blown up by EOD No problem ! Oh yeah… if no lever and safety pin then could be life threatening consequences… …It feels like a thrown grenade, but it didn’t explode for some reason .. I sadly find all kind of „live“ stuff quite often while metal detecting, and if I have enough time then I’ll call EOD out, if no then back on the ground where it was. Best regards, Madis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madis Posted July 30, 2021 Author Share Posted July 30, 2021 Mills are actually pretty rare thing here in Eastern Europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
val Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Can't make out anything meaningful. Early French F1 were wick ignited, however they had totally different wick holder design (at least those i've seen). Never seen this. However E & S is known British marking - Edison & Swan Ltd. http://tgrm.foxed.ca/British Markings.html Can you make close up pictures of that wick holder separately? For "E & S" reference see first post here: https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/188323-ww1-grenades-both-british-and-enemy/page/24/ 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davejb Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Not 100% but I think a lot of these were given to the French and they may have been re worked and the fuses replased and re named, 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madis Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 11 hours ago, val said: Can't make out anything meaningful. Early French F1 were wick ignited, however they had totally different wick holder design (at least those i've seen). Never seen this. However E & S is known British marking - Edison & Swan Ltd. http://tgrm.foxed.ca/British Markings.html Can you make close up pictures of that wick holder separately? For "E & S" reference see first post here: https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/188323-ww1-grenades-both-british-and-enemy/page/24/ Very interesting 🤔 French grenade, but English origin fuze. Maybe some kind of military aid or something like that? yes, I can take a photo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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