Japanese WWII Type 10 Flare Signal Pistol 35mm

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For Sale/Trade: Japanese WWII Type 10 Flare Signal Pistol 35mm

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Excellent Condition Japanese 35mm Type 10 Flare Signal pistol of the Imperial Japanese Army during WWII. The Type 10 designation comes from the year it was introduced, 1921, which the Japanese called Taisho 10 (the tenth year of the Taisho Emperor's reign, Hirohito's father). The left side is marked with the "cloverleaf" logo used by Tokyo and then Kokura Arsenals, and represents four stacked cannon balls viewed from above. After this are the Japanese characters (Juu Nen Shiki), meaning Type of the Tenth Year, or Type 10. It is a single-shot, single-barrel, double-action-only unit that fires a 35mm flare. This was the second-most common of the Japanese flare pistols. Around 8,300 were produced by the end of the war in 1945.