Original WWII German Wehrmacht Leuchtpistol 42 26.5mm Signal Flare Pistol

Features

• Completely original German WWII manufacture and in very good, complete condition.
• Original red Bakelite ribbed grip panels.
• Zinc-finished steel construction. Most of the finish is intact, though they have been arsenal repaired at least once, as the serial numbers on the barrel and frame do not match.
• Bears the original German maker code, euh, that stands for C. u. W. Meinel-Scholer, Klingenthal in Sachsen.
• Captured along with many others by the British at the end of WWII, who then supplied them to Israel, who marked them 1" in a circle over ‚óä√ª‚óä√ª 25, for 25mm (in Hebrew). There, they saw service in the Middle Eastern campaigns of the 1960s and 1970s.
• Subsequently sold as surplus on the world market and imported into the United States.

This is a very hard-to-find WWII item with a fascinating history.