Mercian
I live for the CABE
Oh well, it's all swings and roundabouts....
after the mild disappointment of the lamp above, this week I did buy another variation of the Military Neverout in France for half the price of the one above's postage from the US.
This one is a nice survivor, lightly used, with scorches on the paint, but with the majority of the original Army olive paint still in place.
And no USA stamped on the front.
As a guess, perhaps an early "off the shelf" lamp supplied to start the military contract (WW1 contracts were urgent to start with, going to war was slightly unexpected), before the tooling was modified to stamp USA?
Apart from the burner being stuck in the lamp, I am very happy with it.
Best Regards,
Adrian
after the mild disappointment of the lamp above, this week I did buy another variation of the Military Neverout in France for half the price of the one above's postage from the US.
This one is a nice survivor, lightly used, with scorches on the paint, but with the majority of the original Army olive paint still in place.
And no USA stamped on the front.
As a guess, perhaps an early "off the shelf" lamp supplied to start the military contract (WW1 contracts were urgent to start with, going to war was slightly unexpected), before the tooling was modified to stamp USA?
Apart from the burner being stuck in the lamp, I am very happy with it.
Best Regards,
Adrian