Original German WWII Bakelite & Aluminum Carbide Trench Lantern with "Blackout" Covers & Mounting Hook - Waffenamt Marked Japanese Awards Medals Badges Insignia most likely made or acquired

most likely made or acquired by a Belgian soldier seeking safety during the German Occupation of Belgium during WWI

The exterior exhibits a light amount of wear

Relocated during December 1941 to Corregidor

and hastily recruited New Yorkers to increase its numbers

Original German WWII Bakelite & Aluminum Carbide Trench Lantern with "Blackout" Covers & Mounting Hook - Waffenamt Marked Japanese Awards Medals Badges Insignia most likely made or acquiredOriginal 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,