Collection
Lighter, Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co., 1916
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in the form of a Mills bomb, the bomb was patented by William Mills a golf club designer and adopted by the British Army as its standard hand grenade in 1915. Its grooved pineapple shape became a design classic. Used primarily as a defensive weapon, a competent thrower could manage thirty metres with reasonable accuracy but had to take cover immediately after throwing it.
Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company
London, 1916.
9.3 cm high