Original Japanese WWII 35mm Type 10 Flare Signal Pistol - Serial 5800 Russian Army and looks to have been

and looks to have been re-ground at some point

with some tearing around the edge

fully operational and ready to display

and the front brow pad is partly detached from the shell

Original Japanese WWII 35mm Type 10 Flare Signal Pistol - Serial 5800 Russian Army and looks to have beenOriginal Item: Only one Available. This is a very nice example of the Japanese 35mm Type 10 Flare Signal pistol, the mainstay of the Imperial Japanese Army during WWII. The designation comes from the year it was introduced, 1921, which the Japanese called Taisho 10 (the tenth year of the Taisho Emperor's reign, Hirohito's father). It is a single shot, single barrel, double action only unit that fires a 35mm flare. This was the second most common of