Original WWII British No.36 Mills Bomb Grenade Trench Art Ashtray German Machine Guns These are the early pattern

These are the early pattern markings

This is a very nice King's Royal Rifle Corps Other Ranks pre WW1 Busby

The total sum of helmets bought was over 70 000

though the rubber padding has become stiff in the 75 years since it was produced

There is the expected patina on the fittings

Original WWII British No.36 Mills Bomb Grenade Trench Art Ashtray German Machine Guns These are the early patternOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is an outstanding example of WWII Trench Art which implements what was once a live No. 36 Mills Bomb! The Bomb is positioned on a tabletop base, which has a match safe for a box of wooden matches on the backside. The grenade has had the internals removed, and a portion of the outer fragmentation sections removed as well, in order to use the hull as an ashtray. Finally, the entire piece was nickeled. The base on which