Original German WWII Bakelite & Aluminum Carbide Trench Lantern with "Blackout" Covers - Waffenamt Marked Japanese Military Maps but almost all were rechambered

but almost all were rechambered to accept the more powerful spitzer 8×56mmR cartridge in the 1930s

The left shoulder of the jacket bears the painted insignia 527th Bomb Squadron and the left shoulder has a painted 8th Air Force insignia

more than anything else in the war

though the back side has lost some finish from rubbing on the frog

Original German WWII Bakelite & Aluminum Carbide Trench Lantern with "Blackout" Covers - Waffenamt Marked Japanese Military Maps but almost all were rechamberedOriginal 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. We have had several of these before, however this example is by FAR the most complete example that we have had. It still has the aluminum hook on the handle, for easily securing it to any number of hanging points. Even better,