Original British WWI - WWII 1918 Dated MkIII* Webley & Scott Brass Flare Signal Pistol - Matching Serial 132598 British Uniform Both the War Manpower Commission

Both the War Manpower Commission and the Selective Service System used occupation

All in all in very good condition

and was also used by the French police up to the 1970s

and is the 7 3/4-inch blade "short" version

The metal buckle surrounding the CO2 containers shows a USN marking

Original British WWI - WWII 1918 Dated MkIII* Webley & Scott Brass Flare Signal Pistol - Matching Serial 132598 British Uniform Both the War Manpower CommissionOriginal Item: Only one available. This is a very nice Great War produced example of the English military Mark III* flare pistol, as issued and used during the last part of World War I. This particular pistol was upgraded to III* during the interwar period, when it was still in service, and was probably still in use during WWII. The Mark III signal pistol was adopted in 1911, as an improved version of the earlier Mark II pistol, which had been adopted