Lanterns

**karkee** · 01-19-2018, 07:16 PM

Here is mine from a previous thread...

by karkee

Hey guys,

I picked up this Veritas Pax paraffin oil hurricane lamp a few years ago, but I'm not really sure what time frame it was manufactured in and was hoping someone might know. It sat in an antique shop North of Seattle for years and was was too expensive for me, but one day I made an offer and the guy accepted. I thought it was neat that the original paper label remained intact and that the glass guard featured an elephant.

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**karkee** · 01-19-2018, 07:19 PM

This too...

by karkee

I guess this one is similar in style...

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"Palestine disturbances during summer 1936. Jaffa. Group of Royal Engineers engaged in dynamiting"

Can anybody date this British hurricane lamp?

**Ubique** · 01-19-2018, 11:50 PM

Awesome Veritas you have there Karkee! Looks unused too? I tried Google images but it was only your photos of this lantern that came up, that would make it RARE in my book. I am guessing 1900 to 1930's by the style.

Cheers,
Oz.

**rob214** · 01-23-2018, 04:09 AM

Here's the only Lantern that I have. I picked it up a few years back. It's a Little Giant, by Dietz of NY, USA. It looks like it holds enough fuel to burn 70 hours. I don't see a date on it anywhere, but I'm pretty sure it's WW2 era. It does have US markings, and a medical emblem. It looks like it has seen some action, it's still has the original dirt on it. I've never tried to clean it. I just thought I'd add it to the thread. Thanks for looking....

**Larry C** · 01-23-2018, 04:17 AM

Great thread Gents

**Ubique** · 01-23-2018, 04:47 AM

Great to see a U.S. lantern Rob! It looks to have a galvanized finish maybe? Which probably supports military use as most would probably have had a bright tin plated finish.
I have three (non military) Dietz in my collection.

Oz.

**Ubique** · 03-01-2018, 12:45 AM

My latest acquisition, a 1930's Feuerhand made specially for the Western Australian Government. I cleaned the rust off, seems to have come up nicely. Vendor says it was owned by his grandfather who served in the RAAF until 1946 when he started a farm in W.A. Nice that the Feuerhand globe was never broken and that it seems to have had very little use.

Oz.

**Ubique** · 04-30-2018, 09:07 AM

Not really into railway collectables but I could not resist this British military signal lamp. The paint obscures the manufacturer but it reads something like C... Bros Lamps Ltd. Birmingham. Pictured next to my Chalwyn Tropic which is almost the same colour and age.

Oz.

**M1910** · 05-12-2018, 06:44 PM

In British Army use these Lamps were also used as 'Traffic Control' Lamps positioned by Military Police to direct traffic. There was a thread on them on the Living History Forum some years ago. I post a few pictures of my own.