Original German WWII Red Bakelite Military Issue Carbide Trench Lantern - Waffenamt Marked Flintlock Muskets and Rifles This is probably due to

This is probably due to the Army and Navy contracts overlapping

• Zdh is abbreviation for Zündhütchen (percussion cap) indicating type 88 manufactured by DWM

5 centimeters wide at the hilt

a screw fixed metal plate was let into the underside of the forestock

Original German WWII Red Bakelite Military Issue Carbide Trench Lantern - Waffenamt Marked Flintlock Muskets and Rifles This is probably due toOriginal 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 (cracked), a folding bakelite carry handle and an aluminum belt hook that bears a clear Waffenamt marking (WaA).