Deactivated WWII British Military marked No2 MK5 1inch flare pistol.

This is a WWII British Military marked No2 MK5 1inch flare pistol. Broad arrow stamped, it was made by I.L. Berridge & Co, who were a commercial knitting machine manufacturer. Berridge made over 200,000 examples of this particular flare pistol during the war. This example is serial number 89,146. During the war they were issued to the RAF, Navy and the Army.

Deactivated with a working action it can be cocked, stripped and dry fired.