Medals & Coins, Arms & Militaria - 21 Nov 2018
The museum's collection of Great War era and later inert munitions
The museum's collection of Great War era and later inert munitions, including: a German 'Kugel' grenade in its steel pannier (replacement leather strap and reproduction fuse), two British No 5 'Mills' bombs, a German stick grenade, complete with ceramic toggle retained under screw off cap; a German incendiary bomb, two German model 1915 disc grenades, a French 'Foug' grenade, 1916; a French model 1915 Bertrand gas grenade, the six iron segments bound by wire to form a ball, within which a glass vial of suffocating gas would have been held; and other items.