Original German WWII Kriegmarine Issue Walther Model 34 Leuchtpistole LP34 - Serial 38683 L Military Flare Guns It also has serial number

It also has serial number 1263 / W on the receiver

Missing in Action 23-Jan-43 while on a mission to bomb the port area and U-Boat pens at Lorient

and 616th Field Artillery battalions

” Online references confirming that Hickling was assigned to the 2nd Rangers Battalion and was part of the force that was at Pointe Du Hoc on D-Day can be found at these links:

There are no signs of this sling ever having been fitted to a carbine

Original German WWII Kriegmarine Issue Walther Model 34 Leuchtpistole LP34 - Serial 38683 L Military Flare Guns It also has serial numberOriginal item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of the classic German Wehrmacht LP 34 signal flare pistol. The Leuchtpistole 34, which was designed in 1934, has an aluminum alloy frame and barrel with steel moving components, uses 26. 5 mm flares, and was finished in black anodized aluminum. Steel components were blued. It superseded the previous LP28, which was made of all steel, as part of a continuing evolution of Walther designed