Original British WWII Japanese-Issued International Schermuly Pistol Rocket Apparatus Rescue Line Thrower Set in Case - Missing Rockets Japanese Guns & Ordnance Interior bears a 1955 dated

Interior bears a 1955 dated Mockba (Moscow) maker stamp

Jack was credited with sinking 76

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943 riflemen and officers

with one mounting hole in the squared off tang where there is a Naval ANCHOR stamp

Original British WWII Japanese-Issued International Schermuly Pistol Rocket Apparatus Rescue Line Thrower Set in Case - Missing Rockets Japanese Guns & Ordnance Interior bears a 1955 datedOriginal Items: Only one set available. William Schermuly 1857 1929 was one of the fathers of modern rocketry. He had served aboard vessels at sea and knew of how many lives were lost each year due to shipwrecks. He invented several different line throwing devices, some of which were used in WWI for such things as throwing telephone lines from trench to trench while under fire. But, the British Admiralty still didnt see a need for his line throwers.