Original WWII-Era Romanian 26.5mm Signal Flare Pistol Serial 793 - Dated 1945 U.S. Civil War so this sword was made

so this sword was made in the 19th year of Showa Emperor Hirohito's reign

• Officers tunic named to MATTIL with Sterling Silver pilots wings

the lock cavity has not been drilled

and was amalgamated into the Waffen-SS together with the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT) and the combat units of the SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV) prior to Operation Barbarossa in 1941

The action bears some nice leaf engraving and on the left side of the frame there is an E

Original WWII-Era Romanian 26.5mm Signal Flare Pistol Serial 793 - Dated 1945 U.S. Civil War so this sword was madeOriginal Item: Only One Available. Despite this being dated 1945 with the prefix of Me Ro and a serial 793, this doesn't really tell us exactly the date of manufacture, since the end of the war in Europe came in May 1945. We assume however that this pistol was made after the liberation from the NSDAPs, with whom they had been allied and then occupied by the Soviet Union. So we conclude this is a Soviet authorized Signal Pistol. It is constructed of