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Description

Photograph of British troops carrying 2 inch mortar bombs ("Toffee Apples") by hand, probably 1916.
The photograph demonstrates use of the carrying strap with the bomb.
Source

"The Times History of the War" Volume X, page 83, published 1917.
Date

circa. 1916
Author

British government.
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