This is a nice and lovely condition find from the battlefield which is a British mills bomb grenade which is near semi-relic condition which is empty and inert. This is the outer casing only with no internal parts the metal case has no holes but is rusty and pitted but not to badly at all looks like some faint markings on the side with a lot of its original black paintwork remains and original colour in places it is missing its pin and leaver but is perfect condition to be restored if you wanted to and is perfect for display or any collection. The grenade was recovered from the River Ancre at Beaumont-Hamel on the Somme battlefield the area of the famous attack on the 1st July 1916.This grenade comes with 2x A5 laminated information cards and map.
The area the grenade was found was part of the very large British offensive and this area was also attacked by troops from the Newfoundland regiment but all attacks were repulsed and the area stayed in German hands until November 1916.
The Capture of Beaumont-Hamel was a tactical incident that took place during the battle of the Somme (1 July – 18 November 1916) in the Battle of the Ancre (13–18 November) during the second British attempt to take the village. The village had been attacked on 1 July, the first day of the Somme and the German 2nd Army defeated the attack, inflicting many British and Newfoundland Regiment casualties. By early November, the British in the south were ready to attack northwards towards the Ancre river, simultaneous with an attack eastward on the north side of the river to capture Beaumont-Hamel and Serre-les-Puisieux. On 13 November, during the Battle of the Ancre in thick fog, the 51st Highland Division outflanked Beaumont-Hamel on both sides and forced the garrison to surrender.
This is a nice and lovely condition find from the battlefield which is a British mills bomb grenade which is near semi-relic condition which is empty and inert. This is the outer casing only with no internal parts the metal case has no holes but is rusty and pitted but not to badly at all looks like some faint markings on the side with a lot of its original black paintwork remains and original colour in places it is missing its pin and leaver but is perfect condition to be restored if you wanted to and is perfect for display or any collection. The grenade was recovered from the River Ancre at Beaumont-Hamel on the Somme battlefield the area of the famous attack on the 1st July 1916.This grenade comes with 2x A5 laminated information cards and map.
The area the grenade was found was part of the very large British offensive and this area was also attacked by troops from the Newfoundland regiment but all attacks were repulsed and the area stayed in German hands until November 1916.
The Capture of Beaumont-Hamel was a tactical incident that took place during the battle of the Somme (1 July – 18 November 1916) in the Battle of the Ancre (13–18 November) during the second British attempt to take the village. The village had been attacked on 1 July, the first day of the Somme and the German 2nd Army defeated the attack, inflicting many British and Newfoundland Regiment casualties. By early November, the British in the south were ready to attack northwards towards the Ancre river, simultaneous with an attack eastward on the north side of the river to capture Beaumont-Hamel and Serre-les-Puisieux. On 13 November, during the Battle of the Ancre in thick fog, the 51st Highland Division outflanked Beaumont-Hamel on both sides and forced the garrison to surrender.
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