And lastly with an original smoke grenade fuse.

Now side by side with the riot CS replica I posted and an original M18.

I won't go into as much detail for this one since a lot of the things I said about the previous riot CS replica they made applies to this replica too.   Body is light, not sure about the historical accuracy of the raised "neck" of the grenade that attaches the fuse to the grenade, and from what I've seen most M34's had letters painted in red, not black. Although I'm sure if you ask they can paint it in red for you. Smartiescustoms also offers a green version of this, something their probably the only ones doing whereas other manufacturers just make the green or grey version only.

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Of course you have these in your collection. I would have been surprised if you did not 😁. A question just occurred to me as I typed this… Did jeeps come from the factory with some generic means to mount attachments like this to the Jeep (with some kind of kit with the device maybe) or was this fitted with mods in the field as needed? Thanks for the enlightenment.  mikie

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The Ken I referring to got most of his acquisitions in the 70s and 80s , and it’s entirely possible Mr Smarsh bought them from a dealer or from Manions himself, especially if he was a collector.

I was able to obtain a few more of this sailors items that got sold before I found it. I’m definitely happy to keep it together. It has his dog tag, ribbon bar, sleeve rating, and a few more souvenirs.