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Description: | Signal Grenade. Filled by J. Pain & Sons, London
D. .... 1917
First World War period British daylight signal grenade; for land and naval use.
Sheet steel cylinder and threaded brass spigot - one-quarter cut away to reveal interior; inside spigot, brass striker secured by split pin above cloth fuse; fuse continues from spigot into main cylinder and connects to expelling charge which is located horizontally at top of cylinder; below expelling charge is the smoke candle (clay-filled simulation), connected by a small fuse and wrapped in cotton wool; horizontal cardboard divider separates candle from parachute, which is wrapped around hollow vertical cardboard tube; on base of cylinder a steel washer with threaded hole in centre into which screws steel rifle rod; cylinder is painted khaki with red serpentine down side (signifies colour of smoke candle).
(Component parts: grenade, pin, rod) | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | J Pain and Sons, London | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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