Original British WWII British No 69 I Bakelite High Explosive Inert Hand Grenade - dated 1940 Madsen LMG 1) Barleycorn on block front

1) Barleycorn on block front sight

The 2nd Battalion was sent to France in April 1940

It looks like it was then customized by the retailer

which may possibly be post war

The cleaning set consists of a fabric case containing a weighted pull-through

Original British WWII British No 69 I Bakelite High Explosive Inert Hand Grenade - dated 1940 Madsen LMG 1) Barleycorn on block frontOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent original inert example of a very hard to find British ordnance piece from WWII! The British No. 69 I was a hand grenade developed and used during the Second World War. It was adopted into service due to the need for a grenade with smaller destructive radius than the No 36M "Mills bomb". This allowed the thrower to use a grenade even when there was little in the way of defensive cover. In