Original British Pre-WWII Schermuly Pistol Rocket Apparatus Rescue Line Thrower Set in Case - Serial No 8931 IMA Merchandise Aeck and the surviving soldiers

Aeck and the surviving soldiers began to break any way they could to avoid the constant machine gun fire

as leather unfortunately is not as resilient as metal or other materials

It does have a small CROWN / BV marking on the top right of the receiver

The color of the band on this example is Dark Blue

Original British Pre-WWII Schermuly Pistol Rocket Apparatus Rescue Line Thrower Set in Case - Serial No 8931 IMA Merchandise Aeck and the surviving soldiersOriginal Items: Only one set available. William Schermuly 1857 1929 was one of fathers of modern rocketry. He had served aboard vessels at sea and knew of how many lives were lost each year due to shipwrecks. He invented several different line throwing devices, some of which were used in WWI for such things as throwing telephone lines from trench to trench while under fire. But, the British Admiralty still didnt see a need for his line throwers.