A couple of years ago I bought two chrome plated Mills grenades from a collector. I recently had the plating removed and on one it revealed the makers mark CAV (Charles Anthony Vandervell) plus a tiny shield. We have seen these shields on various makers grenades and they all tend to be high quality castings. Snufkin thinks it is some kind of Guild mark and I agree with him on that. However the makers mark being cast onto a No. 5 / 23 type body is rarer. The grenade also has the cast number in one of the side grooves. As far as I know only CAV did this.
Here's a couple of photos.
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Here's a couple of photos.
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