TRANSLATION OF JAPANESE ORDNANCE MARKINGS, PUBLISHED BY OFFICE OF CHIEF OF ORDNANCE, WASHINGTON

US WWII AAF TYPE M8 FLARE PISTOL, MODEL WAS USED TO FIRE SIGNALING FLARES THROUGH AN OPENING IN THE TOP OF B17 / B24 / B29 COCKPIT’S, HM’ED IN TRIANGLE “CEVC / US PROPERTY / PISTOL PYROTECHNIC M8” , EXCELLENT CONDITION