Original British WWI Trench Lantern "The Crescent Lamp" Police Handheld Issue Availability_International The Royal Thai Air Base

The Royal Thai Air Base Nam Phong in Nam Phong district

each pair comes with its own screw key and is maker marked

On the reverse the blade is stamped with a well-detailed Henckels logo and:

These are exceptionally rare

operated with a hand crank

Original British WWI Trench Lantern "The Crescent Lamp" Police Handheld Issue Availability_International The Royal Thai Air BaseOriginal Item: Only One Available. Made by the DOLON & CO, VAUXHALL, LONDON and so marked on the original rear maker's brass plaque, also on a front brass tag: THE CRESCENT LAMP, TRADE MARK, PATENT. First produced for Police use in the late Victorian era of the 1890s these were traditionally fitted with a very large magnifying lens 2. 5" across known as a bull frog eye to give a wide field of light generated by the burning kerosene. However, once WW1