Original U.S. WWII M8 Pyrotechnic 37mm Flare Signal Pistol by Eureka Vacuum With Flares & Transit Box - Serial E-081269 Dated 1943 Category_Fusee Spring & Cover In the book The Best

In the book The Best of US Military Knives: Bayonets & Machetes by M

He re-enlisted and partook in WWII and was part of the 1ST MARINE DIVISION that received a PRESIDENTIAL CITATION for Guadalcanal

Examples produced prior to 1935 were stamped with the German sector of the SA group on reverse lower crossguard

Which means this was most likely a Russian captured cannon

1973–2006

Original U.S. WWII M8 Pyrotechnic 37mm Flare Signal Pistol by Eureka Vacuum With Flares & Transit Box - Serial E-081269 Dated 1943 Category_Fusee Spring & Cover In the book The BestOriginal Item: Only One Set Available. This is a fantastic M8 Flare Signal Pistol set! The set included the Signal Pistol, Transit Chest and 12 unused flares! Very nice condition 37mm big bore signal pistol of WW2. The barrel has studs for attachment to a flare port in the fuselage of large aircraft such as bombers. The right side of the frame is marked inside a triangle: E C C V 1943 U. S. PROPERTY PISTOL PYROTECHNIC M 8 The abbreviation at the top