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Description: | E & S 1916
striker assembly, detonator housing tube, main body, base plug, throwing handle, streamer
pear shaped segmented cast iron body with threaded extension in top and threaded hole in base, 1/4 cut away to expose interior; painted black outside, painted red inside; detonator housing tube, with threaded ring around top, screwed via top hole into middle of main body; above detonator, brass striker assembly screwed into top : wide circular striker plate with pin which is inserted into small tube and secured with split pin/ring (short length on shear wire missing); nut-type base plug screwed into base; wooden throwing handle, with metal threading attached to top, screwed into base plug; 3 flat white cloth streamers attached to bottom of handle | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Edison and Swan Limited | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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