H006083 SIX ROUND SIGNAL FLARE CONTAINER. (Leutchtpatronenbehälter)

BACKGROUND: The German army utilized two basic models of flare pistols, with one having a short barrel and the other a long barrel, that were introduced in 1928 and saw service right up until the end of the WWII. Both of the basic flare pistols were issued with a specific holster and were capable of firing over forty assorted flares with different functions and purposes. Of Note: During the war additional expedient models of flare pistols were produced and captured enemy stocks and WWI pistols were also utilized. The flares came in assorted containers which included the six round container.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Roughly, 12cm tall molded brown bakelite flare container with a 10cm diameter top. The bottom portion of the container consists of five fluted cylindrical compartments in the shape of a star. Each compartment was designed to hold one flare round with an additional round in the center. The flare rounds are not included. The screw off top lid has raised, evenly spaced, vertical ridges to the outside edges for ease of removal. The top lid has a printed paper contents label glued in place. The label features a green star with black Latin script which includes, "6 Sternsignalpatronen", (6 Signal flare rounds), "Rate 46", (Installment 46), "Untersucht", (Examined), date, "Mai 1941", and the flare manufacturers code, "dag", indicating the flares were manufactured by Orion Metallwarenfabrik. The color of the star on the label indicates the flare color. Nice clean example.

GRADE ****1/4                             PRICE $169.00

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