Glove Pistol

This Glove Pistol is of the Sedgley OSS variety, which is a single-shot .38 unique pistol that was designed for the Naval Intelligence Office. It was meant for covert operations in the Pacific Theater. It was mounted on the back of a cowhide glove; the gun would be usually worn along with a long-sleeved coat to hide the weapon until it was used.

The trigger is a bar parallel to and extending past the barrel. After being loaded and cocked, the weapon is fired by the shooter, making a fist and pressing the trigger against the target’s body.

This weapon was developed for the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), which is the military intelligence agency of the United States Navy — established to advance the Navy’s modernization efforts. Today, the ONI employs over 3,000 people worldwide and is headquartered at the National Maritime Intelligence Center in Suitland, Maryland.

Glove Pistol

• Title: Glove Pistol
• Year: 1942 -1945
• Issued by: U.S. Navy (ONI) -Office of Naval Intelligence
• Type: Assassination pistol, last resort weapon
• Place of origin: United States
• Service: Used by OSS, World War II
• Manufacturer: Sedgley Company; No. built 52 – 200
• Specifications: Cartridge .38 Special; Action Single Shot, Break Barrel
• Museum: International Spy Museum

A Tour of the International Spy Museum

• Scaramanga’s Golden Gun
• Los Alamos, Manhattan Project, S-Site Badge
• Manhattan Project, Service Certificate
• Forged British Bank Note from Operation Bernhard
• Enigma Cipher Machine
• British Special Forces Bobbins
• Sleeve Dagger with Sheath
• British Special Forces Lapel Knife
• Kiss of Death, Lipstick Pistol
• Glove Pistol

A Tour of Washington, D.C. Museums

• National Gallery of Art
• National Museum of American History
• National Air and Space Museum
• National Museum of African American History and Culture
• National Museum of Natural History
• National Portrait Gallery
• Smithsonian American Art Museum
• The Phillips Collection
• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
• International Spy Museum
• National Museum of Women in the Arts
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum