Original British WWII British No 69 I Bakelite High Explosive Hand Grenade - Inert British Awards Medals Badges Insignia the Red Cross had become

the Red Cross had become a major national humanitarian organization with strong leadership

it could also have been Russian made

The throat nicely matches the crossguards and all four dome headed screws are still present

Activated on 9 Feb 1942

Original British WWII British No 69 I Bakelite High Explosive Hand Grenade - Inert British Awards Medals Badges Insignia the Red Cross had becomeOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice original inert example of a very hard to find British ordnance piece from WWII! The British No. 69 I was a hand grenade developed and used during the Second World War. It was adopted into service due to the need for a grenade with smaller destructive radius than the No 36M "Mills bomb". This allowed the thrower to use a grenade even when there was little in the way of defensive cover. In contrast,