(12) Vintage Flare Cartridges Not Fired

Lot description

(lot of 12) Vintage Signal Cartridges: (1)  silver tone shell, blue top, 4.1/8"l, 1.75"diam. CTG Practice, 40mm, M385, 40mm, M118, ACN-11-14-11-74; (1) brown shell 3.75"l, 1.5" diam., marked "Signal Aircraft, AN-M 40, Double-Star, CT USF-1-25, May 1943" and Red Yellow; (1) black shell, 1.1/8"diam. at base, marked "COT 13 1F S/C, Apr 43", muzzle end marked "Proof"; (1) all silver tone metal, base 1.75: diam., 3.75"l, marked with "red C' on row over a second row around circumference, worn lettering, marked at muzzle end "AN M3"; (1) silver tone shell, marked "Yellow, 25mm Meteor, wings, Int'l Flare Signal" with their Ohio address, 1.1/8" diam., 3.5"l, muzzle end is yellow; (1) silver tone shell, white band, white at muzzle end, marked round primer "IRV an 82", 1/1/8" diam, 3.25"l; (1) silver done shell, marked around the primer "1936, Como XIV, Camocini Co.", 1.1/8" diam., 3.1/8l, green at muzzle; (3) shells marked "VFM No. 10" approx. 1" diam. at base, 2.5"l, one white, two are green flares; (2) the base marked "J. P & S", and a pyramid mark", body appears as cloth, 1" diam., 4"l, red at muzzle end, both with verdigris at primer, this lot housed in wood box approx. 5.75" x 11.5" x 6", 5.50lbs    *Provenance: Collection of BIlly Wayne Dickey, USN, (1936-2022)