Deactivated WWI Webley & Scott flare pistol

This is a First World War Webley & Scott flare pistol with what looks to be a shrapnel strike that has gone straight through the chamber. The pistol is an early example dated 1915 with matching numbers. The serial number is a fairly low from that years prodction. Webley, who were contracted to produced the vast majority of MKIII's, themselves only managed to make 22,104 flare pistols in 1915. This one is around pistol number 4,244th from that year. Another unusual feature not often seen on 1915 dated pistols is the trumpet. 1916 saw this as standard fitment.