Deactivated WWII British Military marked No2 MK5 1inch flare pistol

This is a WWII British Military marked No2 MK5 1inch flare pistol. Marked with the British military Broad arrow acceptance stamp and dispersol code M601, 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. 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.