Original Italian WWII Model 1900 Flare Gun by Castelli of Brescia with Aluminum Grips - dated 1940 Japanese Navy By the late 1930s

By the late 1930s

a railway operating battalion could maintain and operate between ninety and 150 miles of single-track railroad

just one of two Type IXCs still in existence

the US government obtained some 147

Original Italian WWII Model 1900 Flare Gun by Castelli of Brescia with Aluminum Grips - dated 1940 Japanese Navy By the late 1930sOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an Excellent condition Italian Model 00 (Model 1900) flare signal pistol dated 1940 with factory original checkered aluminum grips. It bears clear manufacture markings on the left side of the frame: CASTELLI BRESCIA 1940 MOD. 00 The pistol has nearly all of its Original Factory Bluing, with a case hardened hammer. The right side of the frame is marked with serial number A649, while inside the breech both the