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 17 comment (-s)

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)

Desktop Lighter Swank, 1950

Title: Swank
Type: Table Lighter gasoline
Material: Brass
Year: 1950
Country: Japan
Approximate cost: $ 20-80

These lighters are made in Japan in the 1950s and used as a desktop in the cafes and bars - because of huge size and weight of chance to carry it with him was impossible :) The second photo is for scale next to the usual Lighter Zippo.

13/06/2010 4 comment (-s)

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

05/10/2010 4 comment (-s)

ST Dupont Jeroboam, 1943

Manufacturer: ST Dupont
Name: ST Dupont Jeroboam
Type: Gasoline Lighter
Material: copper, brass
Year: 1943
Country: France
Approximate cost: $ 1000-1500

07/05/2010 Tags: liftarmy , Roller Filed under: 1940 , ST Dupont , France One comment

Gold-plated gas ST Dupont, 1959

Name: ST Dupont
Type: Gas Lighter
Material: brass, gold-plated
Year: 1959
Country: France
Approximate cost: $ 100-200

04/24/2010 DuPont , France No Comments

Dunhill Rollalite 14K gold, 1938

Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill London
Name: Dunhill Rollalite 14K gold
Type: Gasoline Lighter
Material: 585 gold, copper
Year: 1938
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 400-800

04/24/2010 No Comments

Dunhill Rollalite brass, 1937

Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill London
Name: Dunhill Rollalite
Type: Gasoline Lighter
Material: copper, brass
Year: 1937
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 80-180

04/24/2010 Tags: roller , fliptopy Filed under: 1930 , Dunhill , Switzerland No Comments

ST Dupont, 1940-1945

Name: ST Dupont
Type: Gasoline Lighter
Material: brass, copper
Year: 1940-45
Country: France
Approximate cost: $ 150-300

04/14/2010 Tags: roller , fliptopy Filed under: 1940 , ST Dupont , France One comment

Dunhill Rollalite, 1940

Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill London
Name: Dunhill Rollalite
Type: Gasoline Lighter
Material: copper, brass, silver plated
Year: 1940
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 60-150