SPACE GUN EAGLE 8 - NOMURA - JAPAN

Black lithographed tin raygun with battery operated flashlight action. 20cm. Distinctive globe with a red and blue plastic lens at the tip of the barrel. Trigger guard. The gun's barrel moves in and out when the trigger is pulled, and there's a noise. So called because of the eagle design and number 8 on the side. Japan. TN

There are slight box variations: some have the TN logo, others have the Rosco distributor logo. Advertisements date this to October 1959. it was widely advertised as the "Red Ray Gun".