Original U.S. WWII Navy 37mm Sedgley Mark IV Signal Pistol dated 1943 Category_MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock Mk 2 marked ROVER '45

Mk 2 marked ROVER '45

used for ceremonial purposes and captured by American soldiers during the final days of World War Two as the allied pushed into Germany

History of the 320th Field Artillery Regiment in WWI:

and soon afterwards the test site or Erprobungsstelle at Rechlin became its testing ground

Original U.S. WWII Navy 37mm Sedgley Mark IV Signal Pistol dated 1943 Category_MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock Mk 2 marked ROVER '45Original Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent example of a 37mm parachute flare signal pistol, a Sedgley Flare Signal Pistol, Mark IV. As part of consolidated wartime efforts, lifeboats for all sea going Merchant Marine vessels were to have a standard compliment of emergency provisions overseen by the United States Coast Guard (USCG). They in turn had direct coordination with the US Navy. Sedgley made two signals pistols for the US Navy: for