J.Q.M.D. Posted July 27, 2022 Share #1 Posted July 27, 2022 Greetings all, I recently won this very cool grenade at an auction and I thought I would share it here. I really bought it for the early cutback fuse, but I may just keep it as is. It's a WWI Mk.II Pineapple that was converted into a coin bank. It has "BUY W.S.S." (Buy War Savings Stamps) on the side and a slot cut into it for coins. I haven't been able to find much info on these, so if anyone could offer some insight into it, I would greatly appreciate it! For now it'll sit proudly next to my other WWI Mk.II. Link to comment
Persian Gulf Command Posted July 27, 2022 Share #2 Posted July 27, 2022 Nice find. As you stated the early cut back fuse is what you wanted. It's especially nice with the P&FC marking on the lever. Just wondering which auction you attended. Was there more Inert Ordnance offered? I'm finding less available as time goes by. Link to comment
manayunkman Posted July 27, 2022 Share #3 Posted July 27, 2022 Very nice piece but where is the coin slot? Link to comment
daskrieg Posted July 27, 2022 Share #4 Posted July 27, 2022 coin slot is under the word "BUY" in the groove Link to comment
J.Q.M.D. Posted July 27, 2022 Author Share #5 Posted July 27, 2022 10 hours ago, Persian Gulf Command said: Nice find. As you stated the early cut back fuse is what you wanted. It's especially nice with the P&FC marking on the lever. Just wondering which auction you attended. Was there more Inert Ordnance offered? I'm finding less available as time goes by. I got it at an auction held by Centurion Auctions in Florida. There were several other lots of grenades and other ordnance I bid on, but this was the only one I was able to get. Also in my lot was a nice earlier Mk.II with the OD overpaint. Link to comment
Persian Gulf Command Posted July 27, 2022 Share #6 Posted July 27, 2022 1 minute ago, J.Q.M.D. said: I got it at an auction held by Centurion Auctions in Florida. There were several other lots of grenades and other ordnance I bid on, but this was the only one I was able to get. Also in my lot was a nice earlier Mk.II with the OD overpaint. Thank you! Link to comment
Usa1918 Posted August 26, 2022 Share #7 Posted August 26, 2022 I was wondering who outbid me..... Link to comment
thorin6 Posted September 9, 2022 Share #9 Posted September 9, 2022 This might be easier to read: Link to comment
J.Q.M.D. Posted September 11, 2022 Author Share #10 Posted September 11, 2022 On 9/8/2022 at 8:44 PM, thorin6 said: This might be easier to read: That's really cool! Thanks for posting that. Any idea what the date is on the newspaper? Link to comment
thorin6 Posted September 12, 2022 Share #11 Posted September 12, 2022 Newspaper date was 9 July 1919. Link to comment
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