June 12-13, 2019 Edged Weapon, Armor, & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/12/2019
Lot consists of: (A) This is the World War I UK No. 34 MKIII grenade. It is in very good condition with damage to the lead filling plug. It has the stamped markings “DF Co 1917”, “No. 34 III”, with DF co being Dudley Foundry. (B) Appearing fairly plain, this is a very collectable World War I UK No. 16 grenade, one of the so-called “Emergency” designs used temporarily until the No. 5 Mills Bomb could be brought into production. Only made by the UK in 1915-16, the maker of this example is Ewart & Sons, who also made the No. 6 grenade. These grenades were also exported to Russia and a number of Eastern European countries in 1916 and 1917 and variations of these were still being made under license in places like Lithuania up to the late 1930's. While some of the licensed copies are not uncommon, the original UK manufacture is rare in the US and is seldom seen in this nice of condition. This grenade is marked with “1915” and “E&S” on either side of the fuze body, and “H” beside the bottom plug. The matchhead and cap portion of the fuze are not present.