Original WWII U.S. Navy 10 Gauge Sedgley Mark 5 Signal Flare Pistol - Dated 1944 Multi Nation Flags the 634th Tank Destroyer Battalion

the 634th Tank Destroyer Battalion less the Pioneer Company

The Trapdoor system seemed to be the one that satisfied most authorities so more trials were held

The sling still bears an original Waffenamt marking and is coded cxb / 1941 for manufacture by Moll Lederwarenfabrik

original MG 34 leather sling and an original US War Department technical manual from 1943 in great condition

but supplies dried up several years ago

Original WWII U.S. Navy 10 Gauge Sedgley Mark 5 Signal Flare Pistol - Dated 1944 Multi Nation Flags the 634th Tank Destroyer BattalionOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good condition 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