Archive of category "Switzerland"
Lighter Handy, in 1940, belonged to a team member minesweeper YMS-370
Title: Handy
Type: Oil Lighters
Material: Copper, silver plated
Year: 1940
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 30-100
Lighters with wartime history are fairly common, but this - one of the most interesting finds. This Swiss Lighter Handy, almost completely Dunhill Rollalite similar in design (I can not even imagine what it has done exactly Dunhill: after all, was the model Dunhill Handy , a different design, but with the same name). Lighter is made of silvered copper and then - this is the inscription 'S.800' on the mechanism of flint (by the way, looks and feels like she is completely silver, but copper on yellow shabby corner produces silver plated). In general, the sensations in your hand, it seems like a lighter watch: so all the parts fit perfectly and are so neatly and securely done (which is expected for Swiss products :). When you open the lid swings a spring just as good as new, and this despite the fact that the lighter at least 70 years!
But history tells us the inscription on the cigarette lighter. She belonged to a team member minesweeper YMS-370. The history of this ship is quite brief. Ships series YMS (Auxiliary Mine Sweeper) were so small (displacement was only 270 tons), which did not have a name - just a serial number. Total since 1941 the ship was built 481 series YMS, they were almost identical in their construction. The most recent series of YMS ship was in service with the U.S. Navy until November 1969.
YMS-370 was laid on 23 January 1943 at the dock of Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp and launched on August 7 of that year. After serving only 3 years, it was decommissioned 19 June 1946 and finally sawed for scrap in 1948. But within a short time of service he had visited many Asian countries, which are referred to in this lighter, Philippines, China, Japan, Korea ... In the last two photos - the ship itself and its team in the last year of service. To some of these sailors and officers in the photo belonged to this unique and lighter. Who were you, an unknown CDH?
17.07.2010 
Tags: Roller Topics: 1940 , Handy , Switzerland 
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Lighter Swiza, 1930
Title: Swiza
Type: Oil Lighters
Material: Brass
Year: 1930
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 20-50
Small wonder the Swiss engineering, rare lighter Swiza 1930, maybe older brother, and even Pope popular model Dunhill Rollalite :) Mechanics made with astonishing thoroughness and clarity of particular interest cunning mechanism replacing the flint. To replace the need to simultaneously pull two tiny rychazhochka, after which a horizontal flap flint drives off to the side.
13.07.2010 Tags: Roller Topics: 1930 , Swiza , Switzerland 6 comment (s)
Dunhill Unique Sports Clock, 1929-1930
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill London
Title: Dunhill Unique Sports
Type: Petrol Lighter with Clock
Material: silver
Year: 1929
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 2000-4000
10.05.2010 Tags: windproof , liftarmy , with the clock , silver Categories: 1930 , Dunhill , Switzerland No comments yet
Dunhill Unique with cloisonne enamel, 1930
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill
Title: Dunhill Unique
Type: Oil Lighters
Material: silver, cloisonne
Year of release: 1930
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 2000-3000
10.05.2010 Tags: liftarmy , Silver Columns: 1930 , Dunhill , Switzerland No comments yet
Dunhill Rollagas in a gold case Cartier, 1960
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill London, gold case by Cartier
Title: 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
Title: Dunhill
Type: Petrol Lighter with Clock
Material: silver, enamel
Year: 1920
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 3000-8000
Lighter from the collection of David Gold.
07.05.2010 Tags: liftarmy , with the clock , silver Categories: 1920 , Dunhill , Switzerland 3 comment (s)
Dunhill Unique with enamel, 1925
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill
Title: Dunhill Unique
Type: Oil Lighters
Material: silver, gilt and enamel
Year of release: 1925
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 3000-5000
Lighter from the collection of David Gold.
Lighter Juvenia Clock, 1920
Title: Juvenia
Type: Petrol Lighter with Clock
Material: silver, enamel
Year: 1920
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 2000-5000
Lighter from the collection of David Gold.
07.05.2010 Tags: liftarmy , with the clock , silver Categories: 1920 , Juvenia , Switzerland No comments yet
Silver Dunhill Unique Clock, 1920
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill
Title: Dunhill Unique
Type: Petrol Lighter with Clock
Material: silver
Year: 1920
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 3000-7000
Lighter from the collection of David Gold.
07.05.2010 Tags: liftarmy , with the clock , silver Categories: 1920 , Dunhill , Switzerland No comments yet
Table Dunhill Unique Clock, 1930
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill
Title: Dunhill Unique
Type: table petrol lighter with clock
Material: silver
Year: 1930
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 4000-6000
07.05.2010 Tags: liftarmy , desktop , clock Topics: 1930 , Dunhill , Switzerland No comments yet
Dunhill Unique with enamel and hours, 1920
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill
Title: Dunhill Unique
Type: Petrol Lighter with Clock
Material: copper, brass
Year: 1920
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 4000-6000
07.05.2010 Tags: liftarmy , with hours Topics: 1920 , Dunhill , Switzerland No comments yet
Gold Dunhill clock, 1927
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill
Title: Dunhill
Type: Petrol Lighter with Clock
Material: Gold
Year: 1927
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 5000-10000
Lighter from the collection of David Gold.
07.05.2010 Tags: gold , liftarmy , with hours Topics: 1920 , Dunhill , Switzerland No comments yet
Dunhill Unique with a figurine, 1928
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill
Title: Dunhill Unique
Type: Oil Lighters
Material: silver
Year of release: 1928
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 4000-10000
Lighter from the collection of David Gold. Dunhill Unique serial model with the statuette in the case, perhaps a prototype piece.
07.05.2010 Tags: liftarmy , Silver Columns: 1920 , Dunhill , Switzerland 2 comment (s)
Lady's Lighter Dunhill, 1920
Title: Dunhill
Type: Oil Lighters
Material: copper, brass, gold-plated, ivory
Year: end of 1920
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ xxxx
This ladies model lighters, which are collected in one body: that is lighter, a watch, a box for powder, pen and platelets for records of ivory (the so-called 'ivory tablet'). Lighter from the collection of David Gold. Hard to even roughly estimate the cost and rarity of such an instance, but definitely not less than four-digit dollar amount :)
07.05.2010 Tags: ladies , gold-plated , with the clock , fliptopy Topics: 1920 , Dunhill , Switzerland No comments yet
Dunhill Handy, 1930
Manufacturer: Dunhill
Title: Dunhill Handy
Type: Oil Lighters
Material: copper, brass
Year of release: 1930
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 80-150
27.04.2010 Tags: liftarmy Topics: 1930 , Dunhill , Switzerland One Comment
