Original WWII U.S. Navy 10 Gauge Sedgley Mark 5 Signal Flare Pistol - Dated 1944 Barrels Early style holster is constructed

Early style holster is constructed of black top-grain leather with heavy white stitching

This is a STANDARD lock

In order to make room for him and for the Co-Pilot who had left his position

It is marked with a Waffenamt proof over 655

The fuze assembly still unscrews

Original WWII U.S. Navy 10 Gauge Sedgley Mark 5 Signal Flare Pistol - Dated 1944 Barrels Early style holster is constructedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a 22mm parachute flare signal pistol Sedgley Signal Pistol, Mark 5. As part of consolidated wartime efforts, lifeboats for all sea going Merchant Marine vessels were to have a standard compliment of emergency provisions overseen by the United States Coast Guard (USCG). They in turn had direct coordination with the US Navy. Sedgley made two signals pistols for the US Navy, for the Bureau