This kind of device is much more compact for life raft packaging than a conventional flare pistol
from Chad through Darfur and across to the Red Sea province
Officer's got a silver plated version
Here is a typical piece of "trench art"
Hip width: 22”
Original U.S. WWII B-17 Navigator of Wild Oates 351st Bomb Group and Prisoner of War Named Uniforms and Documents Sten Gun This kind of device isOriginal Items: A real hero was 2nd lieutenant Anthony J Nardone, serial number O 718398 of the 351st Bombardment Group, completed 6 operational missions over German, prior to being shot down on September 12th, 1944 over Plauen, Germany. The 351st Bombardment Group (Heavy), Eighth United States Army Air Force, based at Polebrook, Northamptonshire, England, during World War II. During the three years at Polebrook, the 351st B. G. had a total of 279 B17