Money Box Grenade

[Flying10uk]

Seeing a recent thread regarding a No 36 grenade has prompted me to post a few pictures of this grenade that has been converted into a money box. The body is very well preserved and it almost seems tempting to restore it to a complete inert grenade casing by replacing the base plug and filler plug. However I will leave it as is because I have not seen these money box converted grenades advertised for sale often.

I believe that this is a No5 casing, I know the lever is, but the vendor seemed slightly unsure if it was a No5 or No36 casing.

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[browningautorifle]

It could be a #5 because the divots for the safety lever are further forward on a #36 that the #5...

[CINDERS]

What were the instructions for withdrawing your money from it F10 "Pull pin, wait for change!"

[Flying10uk]

I believe that there was a bit of a commercial enterprise converting these into money boxes although it was a somewhat limited size for that purpose. The base plug threads appear to have been partially machined out so that a plug doesn't actually screw in; a form of deactivation, together with the slot. I would guess that the money box grenade had a cork inserted into it's base to retain the coins inside.

[Gil Boyd]

I know a Scot who could make use of that, who has really deep pockets, cos he never buys a drink

[browningautorifle]

I know a Scot who could make use of that

So...he needs a grenade to blast the coins out of his pockets...or blast his wallet open?

[bigduke6]

Its a No5 with a No23 Lever..... I'd be happy to pay up to £60 (if I had any spare cash)