Original U.S. WWII International Flare Signal Company Brass-Framed Pistol Serial 31577 - Dated May 1945 Antique Shotguns Blade Style: Fluted Armor Piercing

Blade Style: Fluted Armor Piercing

and other Cavalry rounded chinscales which are only 25mm wide at the widest point

The delay times are marked on the edges of the disks

and is a YAKIZUME (焼詰 - no turn back) shape

but the numbers may be a date

Original U.S. WWII International Flare Signal Company Brass-Framed Pistol Serial 31577 - Dated May 1945 Antique Shotguns Blade Style: Fluted Armor PiercingOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good condition 37mm WWII Era International Flare Signal Co. Flare Pistol. Some collectors refer to this as the "Model 52" not because it was designed in 1952, but that at one time this gun was part of the International No. 52 marine distress signal kit. Break open operation, featuring brass and nickel construction. Embossed on both sides of the crosshatch grip in raised letters: INTERNATIONAL FLARE