WW2 US 75mm M5A1 Type 1 Brass Shell Case – BB Co 1943 SAAF the M1874 Gras bayonet is

the M1874 Gras bayonet is a popular collector's item among enthusiasts of military history and antique weapons

and the strop mechanism is intact—a testament to the engineering quality of the time

Ideal for collectors of British military cartridges

steel-cased 9mm ammunition was standard across much of German wartime production

The MM was awarded to 232733 LCpl F A Wilson 1/2 Lond R for a large-scale Trench Raid

WW2 US 75mm M5A1 Type 1 Brass Shell Case – BB Co 1943 SAAF the M1874 Gras bayonet isAn unfired Second World War US 75mm M18 tank shell, dated 1943 B. Co. This original WWII U. S. Army 75mm M5A1 Type 1 brass shell case, manufactured by B. B. Co. (Bridgeport Brass Company) and dated 1943, is an excellent example of American wartime ordnance production. The 75mm M5A1 cartridge case was used with U. S. artillery pieces and tank mounted guns, including those fitted to vehicles such as the M3 Lee Grant and early Sherman variants, as well