Original British WWII No 70 Mk 3 High Explosive Inert Grenade Dated 1944/5 - Very Rare Category_Martini-Henry Rifles it was nevertheless widely used

it was nevertheless widely used during the First World War

and the Women’s Royal Air Force Old Comrades Association (created in 1919) opened its membership to all ranks of the new female air service

Overall painted blue and decorated on the front with the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom

Each came in a wooden box

Original British WWII No 70 Mk 3 High Explosive Inert Grenade Dated 1944/5 - Very Rare Category_Martini-Henry Rifles it was nevertheless widely usedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent original inert example of an extremely hard to find British ordnance piece from WWII! An updating of the 1920s vintage No 54 grenade, the No 70 was introduced in 1944, for use in the China Burma India theater's Malayan jungle, due to safety issues with the No. 36 grenade. It was found that the No. 36 grenade frequently could not be thrown out of its own fragmentation radius, and that the fixed