Original German WWII Bakelite Military Issue Carbide Trench Lantern - Waffenamt (WaA) Marked Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns It is marked with serial

It is marked with serial number 73781 on the bottom of the grip and on the inside of the right grip scale

well worth reading

glass buttons (Kriegsmarine marked and dated 1942 on the reverse)

Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River May 3-June 15

A submarine lay across the center and the German State Crown (Reichskrone) was inlaid at the top center of the wreath

Original German WWII Bakelite Military Issue Carbide Trench Lantern - Waffenamt (WaA) Marked Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns It is marked with serialOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is very unusual and wonderfully represents the German's use of bakelite a pre war plastic forerunner that was most often encounter in field phones, fuse containers and MG 34 butt stocks. This carbide hand lantern is constructed of 90% bakelite, it features three glass window panes, a concave mirror, a folding bakelite carry handle and an aluminum belt hook which has a German WWII Waffenamt WaA750 inspector