[hanshauprich]

Is the flare complett? Is the rim unmarked or marked with small teeths? Remember, that the canopy from an Fw 190 open (eject) in an emergency with an socalled "Treibkartusche" This items looks like an standard flarepistol cartrige in Caliber 4 but has an big bang when fired!!! (When fired in an flarepistol, you have had an flarepistol and missed a few fingers!) If the normal flare cartrige stored in dry place,you can fire them years ather that use-by-date. In my K-9 Unit we used this old flares during night-training. The oldest where more then 10 years over the use-by-date.