Original Japanese WWII 35mm Type 10 Flare Signal Pistol - Serial 6854 MG 15 The Luftschutz decal is clean

The Luftschutz decal is clean and 95% complete with a few scuffs and wear

while the right grip still has the ghost of a cartouche

the group was absorbed under the NSDAP umbrella in the name of Gleichschaltung (Co-Ordination or NSDAPfication)

The leather definitely is stiff and somewhat dried out now

Osness however dropped down to the navigators hatch instead of using the bomb bay exit

Original Japanese WWII 35mm Type 10 Flare Signal Pistol - Serial 6854 MG 15 The Luftschutz decal is cleanOriginal Item: Only one Available. This is a very nice example of the Japanese 35mm Type 10 Flare Signal pistol, the mainstay of the Imperial Japanese Army during WWII. The designation comes from the year it was introduced, 1921, which the Japanese called Taisho 10 (the tenth year of the Taisho Emperor's reign, Hirohito's father). It is a single shot, single barrel, double action only unit that fires a 35mm flare. This was the second most common of