British WWI Hales No. 3 Mk II Rifle Grenade Century Size 34/16

Size 34/16

To begin with-

1944" on the label sewn on the inside of this high quality garment usually issued to Officers

with ribbed wood grip panels and bright metal finish

32 inches in overall length the inscription presumably to confirm ownership in what was after all a public setting

British WWI Hales No. 3 Mk II Rifle Grenade Century Size 34/16New Made Item: This is a full size steel and resin replica of the 1915 No. 3 Mk II Rifle Grenade. The Hales Grenade was the solution to the common problem of the grenade exploding in front of the rifleman. If the grenade flopped out of the gun in front of the soldier, instead of being launched towards the enemy once it had been primed, there was nothing he could do to stop it from exploding. Frederick Marten Hale, in 1915 designed a fuse that could