There is nowhere on the Allied section to post trench art and as you'll see this item is better posted here.
The large round has Z OOand either R,P or F and R.A 1941 the smaller round has WRA 9mm
There is nowhere on the Allied section to post trench art and as you'll see this item is better posted here.
The large round has Z OOand either R,P or F and R.A 1941 the smaller round has WRA 9mm
Nice lighter,does it work?It probably says 300 Z on the large case,to ID it as .30 cal. for British use.
JEDEM DAS SEINE
It is made from a Remington Arms made (RA) cartridge case for a .30-06.
The "300Z" on the lower half indicates that it was a British contract round made for the RAF prior to Lend Lease. "300" was the British designation for the American .30-06 cartridge and the "Z" means that it was loaded with nitro-cellulose propellant rather than cordite.
The cap is a 9mm Parabellum case made by Winchester Repeating Arms (WRA), again on British contract in the early war years. This round was used in the Sten, Lanchester and Smith & Wesson machine carbines.
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TonyE
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Thanks, that works which is more than the lighter does, flints gone and it needs a refill of avgas.
Wartime trench lighters were all petrol not gas , i think you might have a post war made item there
Avgas is aviation petrol,just the US name for it.
JEDEM DAS SEINE
we're people seperated by a common language lol
And they're the clean ones........How about fanny or rubber?
Anyway, I wasn't posting here to be crude, but to show my ground dug trench art lighters. I have found a few in and around the barrack buildings of one particular USAAF airbase.
Sorry for quality of pics. I know it isn't like me but I was in a rush and took them with my phone
Five lighters here. Far left is a 303, next is a 30 with a 45 jammed on top, (looks like it was a work in progress), next two are 30s and the last one appears to have been made from a 20mm cart.
Top show showing the wick holes and groove for the flint.
A close up of the 303. Someone has even taking the time to 'silver' it !
Close up of one of the 30s
Cheers
Steve T
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