Original German WWII Bakelite Military Issue Carbide Trench Lantern - Waffenamt (WaA) Marked Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns Hearst began selling some of

Hearst began selling some of his art collection to help relieve the debt burden he had suffered from the Depression

A submarine lay across the center and the German State Crown (Reichskrone) was inlaid at the top center of the wreath

He would end up earning a Silver Star

glass buttons (Kriegsmarine marked and dated 1942 on the reverse)

psychologically

Original German WWII Bakelite Military Issue Carbide Trench Lantern - Waffenamt (WaA) Marked Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns Hearst began selling some ofOriginal 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. This carbide hand lantern is constructed of 90% bakelite, it features three glass window panes, a concave mirror, a folding bakelite carry handle and an aluminum belt hook which has a German WWII Waffenamt WaA750 inspector