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Pistol, flare   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Pistol, flare
Object type Classification: NM3.7865
Description
English: German double barrel flare pistol, WW2 (parachute) flare pistol, double side-by-side barrels; 26.6mm calibre; two-handed pistol; steel and (mainly) aluminium with 85% anodising finish; two-piece wooden grips to pistol grip and wooden foregrip; on body at rear of each chamber small spring-loaded pin that protrudes out of the body when chamber is loaded by pressing on the base of the flare cartridge when the action is closed, therefore if the pins are not closed beyond the body fitting denotes that there is no flare cartridge in the chamber markings- two Nazi proof markings on top of barrels and two on left hand side of frame with swastika and eagle serial number on left hand side of frame- 532 on left hand side of frame within rectangular border- eeu manufacturer's code or year on left side of frame- 43 also marked by safety catch- SICHER and FEUER top rear of body selector lever marked- L; R top rear of body- Doppel - Schuss Maker- unknown, Germany, 1943
Date (1943-1945); Nazi Germany (mid 1920s-mid 1940s); 04 Dec 1958; World War 2-wars
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length: 375mm
length: 232mm
width: 85mm
height: 150mm
notes: barrel

notes: overall
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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1958.162
Place of creation Germany
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1958.162, W1317
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German Aviator's double barrel flare pistol, WW2 Made for German army, 1943 Note- Has also been identified as a parachute flare pistol or an Aviator's flare pistol No known history

Museum Tag: Firearms
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