Original French WWI Model 1917 Flare Signal Pistol with Flaming Bomb Stamps - Serial 185 MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets and the leather is still

and the leather is still pliable

This region was in existence until the end of the war in 1945

The bottom ball shows little to no denting

and was among the first companies to manufacture helicopters for civilian and military use

Original French WWI Model 1917 Flare Signal Pistol with Flaming Bomb Stamps - Serial 185 MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets and the leather is stillOriginal Item: Only One Available. Heavy Brass French signal pistol from the First World War. It is chambered for French 25 mm flare cartridges. It does not accept the 26. 5 mm cartridges currently available nor commercial 1 inch cartridges. The bore diameter is 26. 9 millimeters. This is one of several different French signal pistols with the M1917 model designation; this version has a 4 inch barrel. The barrel and frame are brass; the trigger,