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• sword bayonet for Short Magazine Lee-Enfield rifle (SMLE Mark 3) & Pattern 1907, third type

  part of "British Pattern 1907 sword bayonet [third type], with scabbard" (weapons and ammunition) Made by: Sanderson Brothers and Newbould

  SPECIMEN & (SEE) WEA 467 & WEA 470 & WEA 472

• Bomb, Mortar 3" Stokes HE

  (weapons and ammunition) Made by: J & E H 1915-12

  Digitisation conflict note: image file named 'MUN_003125.jpg' depicts a British grenade discharger cup not a 'Bomb, Mortar 3" Stokes HE'.

• clasp knife, British Army issue (Turner 'Encore' clasp knife)

  (weapons and ammunition) Made by: Thomas Turner and Co, Sheffield

  First World War period British Army issue clasp knife. Manufactured by Thomas Turner & Co of Sheffield, this knife departs from the standard pattern knife of the period in that its grip scales are made of plain metal, rather than chequered horn....

• Shell, 60 Pdr Chemical (phosgene)

  (weapons and ammunition)

  shell Would have been filled with CG (Phosgene), painted grey

• spike socket bayonet, cruciform section, for No 4 Mark I Lee-Enfield rifle & No 4 Mark I

  part of "spike socket bayonet, cruciform section, No 4 Mark I with scabbard" (weapons and ammunition) Made by: Singer Manufacturing Co (Clydebank, Scotland) 1942

  Second World War period British No 4 Mark I spike socket bayonet [cruciform section]. This example is a wartime mass-produced version of the Enfield Trials spike socket bayonet. The wartime issue No 4 Mark I bayonets were all made by the Singer...

• spike socket bayonet, cruciform section, No 4 Mark I with scabbard

  (weapons and ammunition) Made by: Singer Manufacturing Co, Clydebank, Scotland 1942

  Experience gained during the First World War suggested that the British Pattern 1907 bayonet (see WEA 475) was unwieldy to use and could give troop positions away by reflecting light from its long flat-sided blade. As a consequence a short "spike"...

• Fuze No 146 Mk IV (Sectioned)

  (weapons and ammunition) Made by: CAV (C A Vandervell, Watford)

  British No 146 Mark IV fuze (Sectioned), First World War period, manufactured by C A Vandervell and Company, H 5.5cm x L 5.5cm x W 4cm. The No 146 percussion spigot fuze was introduced in 1917 after a design by C A Vandervell and Company. The fuze, which...

• Rifle 7.62mm L42A1

  (weapons and ammunition) Made by: RSAF Enfield 1980

  One of final batch of conversions carried out at Enfield. Produced at Enfield 1980

• Collapsible placing rod (for limpet mine)

  (weapons and ammunition)

  placing rod still sealed closed

• Fuze No 101 Mk II (Sectioned)

  (weapons and ammunition) Made by: W.C.?

  British No 101 Mark II fuze (Sectioned), manufactured 1917 (?). The No 101 percussion fuze was introduced in 1916 and represented an attempt to overcome the No 100 fuze's weak points. The 101 did away with the 'cocked pellet', used a fixed needle, and...