Original British WWI Battye Hand Grenade Body - Inert Medals - Post Civil War U

- Post Civil War U

strategic and sustaining base communications

and a crack on the right

and looks to have seen very little use

There were many of the Sheffield cutlers who made these in the 19th century and most had a 4-5" blade and were 7 1/2-9" overall

Original British WWI Battye Hand Grenade Body - Inert Medals - Post Civil War UOriginal Item. Only One Available. The Battye grenade was a small defensive hand grenade designed by British Army Major B C Battye, serving with the Indian Corps at the end of 1914. They were manufactured at 78 Rue de Lille, Bethune, France through 1915 using French civilians to fill the cases made from cast iron with ammonal. The Battye Hand Grenades were fitted with 5 second fuses of two types: a flame ignited wick or a Nobel patent detonator. The