Original WWII U.S. Navy 10 Gauge Sedgley Mark 5 Signal Flare Pistol - Dated 1944 Military Books & Documents 1 at Royal Armouries Museum

1 at Royal Armouries Museum Leeds

This looks to be an early pattern tag

it is nice to see a hewer with this kind of preservation to the hilt as the base metal is pot metal and often the plating did not hold up well

and measures approximately 12 3/4" x 9 1/8"

The greater the number of rings left exposed below the bottom of the grenade

Original WWII U.S. Navy 10 Gauge Sedgley Mark 5 Signal Flare Pistol - Dated 1944 Military Books & Documents 1 at Royal Armouries MuseumOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good 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 complement of emergency provisions overseen by the United States Coast Guard (USCG). They in turn had direct coordination with the US Navy. Sedgley made two signal pistols for the US Navy, for the Bureau