Original WWII U.S. Navy 10 Gauge Sedgley Mark 5 Signal Flare Pistol with Web Holster - dated 1943 WWI and the magazine cutoff selector

and the magazine cutoff selector works correctly

These destroyers had four boilers and four smoke stacks and were fast enough to keep up with the fleet

The texture of the original finish can be seen and felt through the camouflage

Life at Beaulieu was not much different from that at the old base

This very nice example features a 7½” barrel and all matching serial numbers 12011 on all visible parts including barrel

Original WWII U.S. Navy 10 Gauge Sedgley Mark 5 Signal Flare Pistol with Web Holster - dated 1943 WWI and the magazine cutoff selectorOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent example of a 22mm parachute flare Sedgley Signal Pistol, Mark 5, in lovely fully functional condition, complete with an original holster. As part of consolidated wartime efforts, lifeboats for all sea going Merchant Marine vessels were to have a standard compliment of emergency provisions overseen by the United States Coast Guard (USCG). They in turn had direct coordination with the US Navy.