British mills bomb hand grenade, solid relic condition that was recovered from Bernafay wood in 2014.This was a battle in the opening days of the July 1916 Somme attack.

This is a nice and unusual find from the battlefield which is a British mills bomb grenade nice condition relic which is empty and inert. This is the outer casing only with no internal parts which is empty and inert the metal case has no holes but is rusty and pitted with no original black paintwork it is missing its pin and leaver and is perfect for display or any collection. The grenade was recovered from Bernafay wood in 2014.This was a battle in the opening days of the July 1916 Somme attack. This grenade comes with 2x A5 laminated information cards.

Bernafay Wood, located near Montauban village, was captured by the 9th Scottish Division on 3-4 July 1916 during the opening days of the Somme offensive. A dressing station was established there soon after its capture in early July and was in operation until October. The wood was lost by the British in the German spring offensive of 1918, with the wood captured by the Germans in March–April 1918. However, it was retaken on the 27 August 1918 again by the same soldiers of the 9th Scottish Division.