Seven Drawings from: World War 1

Ephemera from: World War 1

Published by England. British War Department. 1916, 1916

About this Item

Seven illustrations and two blue prints of WW 1 grenades; the drawings were reproduced in a purple ink on a paper with the invisible markings: Lion Brand Paper: Croxley Manifest Bank London; each are hand colored by pencils in yellows, greens, blues, reds, browns, and grays; the drawings are of different kinds of grenades; each as the name of the inteior part next to the drawing; each sheet measures: 8 x 12-3/4in; bright pencil colors done by hand; SOME OF THE TITLES: GERMAN EGG GRENADE; GERMAN CYLINDRICAL; GRENADE HAND (No 1 Mark 1); RIFLE GRENADE (No. 3 Mark 2); HAND GRENADE (Mills. No 5 mark); HAND GRENADE (No. 19 Mark); RIFLE GRENADE: Nameless (No. 2c. Mark 1); the two blue prints: GERMAN HAND GRENADE (Time); FIRING MILL S GRENADE FROM 303 SHORT RIFLE; the 7 prints on paper are fold in quarters, some rubbing, normal little aging, and some tiny tears to some of the edges; the blue prints have bends and nicks to edges; otherwise all images are in GOOD COND. Seller Inventory # 4647

Bibliographic Details

Title: Seven Drawings from: World War 1

Publisher: England. British War Department. 1916

Publication Date: 1916

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition