Original British Pre-WWI 21st Lancers (Empress of India's) Officers Uniform Jacket U.S. Militaria this pistol is nearly identical

this pistol is nearly identical to the French M1917 all-brass 25-millimeter flare pistol

so it easily cracks and breaks

after 1867

but we have not been able to identify it

"Flaming Bomb" ordnance proof mark and correct peened over tang

Original British Pre-WWI 21st Lancers (Empress of India's) Officers Uniform Jacket U.S. Militaria this pistol is nearly identicalOriginal Item: Only One Available. The 21st Lancers (Empress of India's) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1858 and amalgamated with the 17th Lancers in 1922 to form the 17th 21st Lancers. Perhaps its most famous engagement was the Battle of Omdurman, where Winston Churchill (then an officer of the 4th Hussars), rode with the unit. Mahdist WarIn 1898 the regiment served in Sudan during the Mahdist War, as the only British cavalry