Original British WWI Trench Oil Lantern - Dated 1916 Brown Bess Muskets a retired Indian Army Gorkha

a retired Indian Army Gorkha soldier

each helmet was carefully repaired and repainted

Extremely scarce and very few available we believe these are Australian issued

whose A-26s became operational in late November

Original British WWI Trench Oil Lantern - Dated 1916 Brown Bess Muskets a retired Indian Army GorkhaOriginal Item: Only One Available. Found hanging in an English barn this is a totally original oil lantern manufactured in 1916 expressly for use in the WW1 trenches. Complete with the burner and wick, it retains all four glass panes and the original makers metal plaque embossed: HOWES & BURLLY C&M 1916, BIRMINGHAM Steel outer of the lantern is pitted from exposure but totally original in the black finish that it had in WW1. We have not tested it for