Original U.S. WWII M8 Pyrotechnic 37mm Flare Signal Pistol by Eureka Vacuum - Serial E-210942 U.S. Badges Vic Dolmyer - Chicago

Vic Dolmyer - Chicago

Complete with heavy duty all steel scabbard

Sadly interest waned once the Civil War concluded making this most interesting forward thinking Repeating Carbine hard to find today

These are not made as carefully or to as high of a standard as the earlier blades

and millions more were produced until 1940 when the basic design and production methods were changed

Original U.S. WWII M8 Pyrotechnic 37mm Flare Signal Pistol by Eureka Vacuum - Serial E-210942 U.S. Badges Vic Dolmyer - ChicagoOriginal Item: Only One Available. Very nice condition 37mm big bore signal pistol of WW2. The barrel has studs for attachment to a flare port in the fuselage of large aircraft such as bombers. The right side of the frame is marked inside a triangle: E C V C U. S. PROPERTY PISTOL PYROTECHNIC M 8 The abbreviation at the top indicates manufacture by Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Co., one of several contractors employed to make these pistols. This example is