Deactivated WW2 British No2 MK5 flare pistol

This is a WWII British ground forces No2 MK5 1inch flare pistol. Bearly visible is broad arrow acceptance stamped on the frame and the initials "BE" on the hammer. During WW2 I.L. Berridge & Co, who were a commercial knitting machine manufacturer were contract by the British Government to make the No2 MK5, producing over 200,000 examples of this particular flare pistol. They were issued to the RAF, Navy and the Army. This example has a distinctive trumpet on the barrel similar to the WW1 Webley brass flare pistols. Deactivated with a working action it can be cocked, stripped and dry fired.