Original Early American Iron Flintlock Tinder Lighter with Plaque Engraved to Sun Inn, Bethlehem PA - Still in Existence French Holster Beads are correct glass trade

Beads are correct glass trade beads from the period which have been sewn tightly (in the correct manner… not “lazy stitched”

The liner is correct high pressure WWII issue and stamped with a S in an oval over 6 for the SEAMAN PAPER COMPANY

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and above this is a nice close winged "Reichsadler" National Eagle with a mobile swas on its breast

Original Early American Iron Flintlock Tinder Lighter with Plaque Engraved to Sun Inn, Bethlehem PA - Still in Existence French Holster Beads are correct glass tradeOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Purchased in Allentown some time, ago this old tinder lighter has plainly laid in a barn or out house for many years and is pitted overall. Complete with a candle stand on the left side, the moving parts are all exposed on the right hand face of an enclosed compartment intended to store one's "tinder". These were first used as fire lighters by the flint striking a spark on the frizzen, which ignited the "tinder" in the