Archive of category "Switzerland"
Lighter Handy, 1940, belonged to a team member minesweeper YMS-370
Title: Handy
Type: Gasoline Lighter
Material: copper, silver plated
Year: 1940
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 30-100
Lighters with a history of war are fairly common, but this - one of the most interesting finds. This Swiss Lighter Handy, is almost completely analogous Dunhill Rollalite by design (I can even assume that it did exactly Dunhill: after all, was the model Dunhill Handy , a different design, but with the same name). Lighter is made of copper silvered and then - this is the inscription 'S.800' on the mechanism of flint (by the way, looks and feels like it is completely silver, but copper yellow to shabby corner produces silver plated). In general, the sensations in your hand, it seems like a lighter at the clock so perfectly fit all the details and so accurately and reliably done (that is to be expected for Swiss products :). When you open the lid opens up a spring just as good as new, and this despite the fact that the lighter at least 70 years old!
But history tells us the inscription on the cigarette lighter. It belonged to a team member minesweeper YMS-370. The history of this ship is quite brief. Ships series of YMS (Auxiliary Mine Sweeper) were so small (displacement was only 270 tons), which had no name - only a serial number. Total of 1941 the ship was built 481 series YMS, they were virtually identical in their construction. The most recent series of YMS ship was in service to the American fleet in November 1969.
YMS-370 was laid on January 23, 1943 in the dock of Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp and launched on August 7 that year. After serving only 3 years old, it was decommissioned 19 June 1946 and finally sawed for scrap in 1948. But in a short time of service, he had visited many Asian countries, which are mentioned on this lighter Philippines, China, Japan, Korea ... In the last two photos - the ship itself and his team in the last year of service. Some of these sailors and officers in the picture belongs to this unique and lighter. Who have you been, stranger CDH?
07/17/2010 
Tags: Roller Filed under: 1940 , Handy , Switzerland 
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Lighter Swiza, 1930
Title: Swiza
Type: Gasoline Lighter
Material: Brass
Year: 1930
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 20-50
A small miracle of Swiss engineering, a rare lighter Swiza 1930s, perhaps the elder brother and even father of popular models Dunhill Rollalite :) mechanics made with amazing accuracy and clarity, is particularly interesting clever mechanism to override the flint. To replace the need to pull together two tiny rychazhochka, then of flint horizontal flap moves out of the way.
07/13/2010 Tags: Roller Filed under: 1930 , Swiza , Switzerland 6 comment (-s)
Dunhill Unique Sports clock, 1929-1930
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill London
Name: Dunhill Unique Sports
Type: petrol lighter with clocks
Material: silver
Year: 1929
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 2000-4000
05/10/2010 Tags: wind-proof , liftarmy , with the clock , Silver Filed under: 1930 , Dunhill , Switzerland No Comments
Dunhill Unique with cloisonne enamel, 1930
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill
Name: Dunhill Unique
Type: Gasoline Lighter
Material: silver, enamel
Year: 1930
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 2000-3000
05/10/2010 Tags: liftarmy , Silver Filed under: 1930 , Dunhill , Switzerland No Comments
Dunhill Rollagas in a gold case Cartier, 1960
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill London, a gold shell by Cartier
Name: Dunhill Rollagas
Type: Gas Lighter
Material: Gold
Year: 1960
Country: Switzerland / France
Approximate cost: $ 500-1000
Dunhill with blue enamel and hours, 1920
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill
Name: Dunhill
Type: petrol lighter with clocks
Material: silver, enamel
Year: 1920
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 3000-8000
Lighter in the collection of David Golden.
07/05/2010 Tags: liftarmy , with the clock , Silver Filed under: 1920 , Dunhill , Switzerland 3 comment (-s)
Dunhill Unique and enamel, 1925
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill
Name: Dunhill Unique
Type: Gasoline Lighter
Material: silver, gilt and enamel
Year: 1925
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 3000-5000
Lighter in the collection of David Golden.
Juvenia Lighter with Clock, 1920
Title: Juvenia
Type: petrol lighter with clocks
Material: silver, enamel
Year: 1920
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 2000-5000
Lighter in the collection of David Golden.
07/05/2010 Tags: liftarmy , with the clock , Silver Filed under: 1920 , JUVENIA , Switzerland No Comments
Dunhill Unique silver clock, 1920
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill
Name: Dunhill Unique
Type: petrol lighter with clocks
Material: silver
Year: 1920
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 3000-7000
Lighter in the collection of David Golden.
07/05/2010 Tags: liftarmy , with the clock , Silver Filed under: 1920 , Dunhill , Switzerland No Comments
Table Dunhill Unique to the clock, 1930
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill
Name: Dunhill Unique
Type: Table petrol lighter with clocks
Material: silver
Year: 1930
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 4000-6000
07/05/2010 Tags: liftarmy , desktop , clock Categories: 1930 , Dunhill , Switzerland No Comments
Dunhill Unique to enamel and hours, 1920
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill
Name: Dunhill Unique
Type: petrol lighter with clocks
Material: copper, brass
Year: 1920
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 4000-6000
07/05/2010 Tags: liftarmy , the clock Categories: 1920 , Dunhill , Switzerland No Comments
Gold Dunhill clock, 1927
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill
Name: Dunhill
Type: petrol lighter with clocks
Material: Gold
Year: 1927
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 5000-10000
Lighter in the collection of David Golden.
07/05/2010 Tags: gold , liftarmy , the clock Categories: 1920 , Dunhill , Switzerland No Comments
Dunhill Unique with a figurine, 1928
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill
Name: Dunhill Unique
Type: Gasoline Lighter
Material: silver
Year: 1928
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 4000-10000
Lighter in the collection of David Golden. Dunhill Unique serial model with a statuette in the body, possibly a prototype piece.
07/05/2010 Tags: liftarmy , Silver Filed under: 1920 , Dunhill , Switzerland 2 comment (-s)
Lady's Lighter Dunhill, 1920
Name: Dunhill
Type: Gasoline Lighter
Material: copper, brass, gold plated, ivory
Year: late 1920s
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ xxxx
This is a ladies' model of lighters, which are collected in one body: that is, a lighter, a watch, a box for the powder, stick, and platelets for the records of ivory (so-called 'ivory tablet'). Lighter in the collection of David Golden. Difficult even to estimate the rarity and value of such an instance, but certainly not least a four dollar amount :)
07/05/2010 Tags: ladies , gilded , clock , fliptopy Filed under: 1920 , Dunhill , Switzerland No Comments
Dunhill Handy, 1930
Manufacturer: Dunhill
Name: Dunhill Handy
Type: Gasoline Lighter
Material: copper, brass
Year: 1930
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 80-150
04/27/2010 Tags: liftarmy Filed under: 1930 , Dunhill , Switzerland One comment
