Description
Hearst began selling some of his art collection to help relieve the debt burden he had suffered from the Depression
well worth reading
A submarine lay across the center and the German State Crown (Reichskrone) was inlaid at the top center of the wreath
glass buttons (Kriegsmarine marked and dated 1942 on the reverse)
It is marked with serial number 73781 on the bottom of the grip and on the inside of the right grip scale
Original German WWII Bakelite Military Issue Carbide Trench Lantern - Waffenamt (WaA) Marked Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns Hearst began selling some ofOriginal 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