Trench lighter

[kc1]

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

[zwerge]

Nice lighter,does it work?It probably says 300 Z on the large case,to ID it as .30 cal. for British use.

[TonyE]

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.

Regards
TonyE

[kc1]

Thanks, that works which is more than the lighter does, flints gone and it needs a refill of avgas.

[davejb]

Wartime trench lighters were all petrol not gas , i think you might have a post war made item there

[zwerge]

Avgas is aviation petrol,just the US name for it.

[davejb]

we're people seperated by a common language lol

[zwerge]

we're people seperated by a common language lol

How true, you have wings,bonnets and boots, we have fenders,hoods and trunks and all on the same thing..LOL.

[Steve T]

How true, you have wings,bonnets and boots, we have fenders,hoods and trunks and all on the same thing..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

[TonyE]

A close up of the 303. Someone has even taking the time to 'silver' it !



Steve T

Can you show a picture of the base of this one Steve? The reason I ask is because I wonder if it was made from an Inspectors U Mark V which would already have been plated or made from white metal. Picture attached as an example.

Regards
TonyE