Yes that's the one ! This example has a maroon ? ( repainted ) coloured fount .. not quite red. Are these a rare lantern ? It's in rather good...
Another EPAY find. Not sure of this one's age. 1920's ? Missing the air tube which I can make on my lathe. This is a shellite fuel lantern I...
Instruction Sheets - Decal Paper
Hi The waterslide decals are rather easy to print out yourself. Most hobby shops and special retailers sell the A4 sheets of water decal blank...
Thanks Neil, not quite a century old but it will be soon.
Picked this up recently. Has nil markings , dates or anything on it apart from "coleman quicklite" in tiny little perforated holes around the...
It was known as reverse Lend-Lease. After the war both the US and Aust. Governments came to an arrangement and the slate was wiped clean. We...
This is my only example . I think from the 1950's ? It has remains of a red decal on it. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Possibly but anything supplied under a defense contract was normally painted or finshed in a matt finish. The army was obsessive about it
I wish they has stamped the DD marking on them, we should complain about it LOL So these wartime built Aladdins would have green painted founts ?...
This may be of interest: Tilley Lamp Co
Hi Those domed nuts would be easy to make on a small lathe . Maybe somebody in the model engineering world could help you ?
Am a regular visitor to op shops here. Opportunity shops AKA charity shops in the U.K. Never found a kero pressure lantern but often see old...
Looking forward to reading your research . Surely the 1943 contract for 950 pounds would have been for lanterns manufactured by Aladdin at Waterloo ?
I’m in the middle of reading a book about my father’s commando unit in East Timor during WWII That would be Sparrow Force ?
All very interesting. Always some conjecture involved in this type of discussion, makes it all the more interesting ! It seems that they didn't...
Ah well done. Matty has been going through the wartime Govt. Gazettes's I think . Maybe the Aladdin factory did not get around to stamping the...
Thanks all for the replies( nice write up Nils ) I do know that during the early years of WW2, the Aust. Govt. put strict controls on the...
Does anybody have any idea when the Australian Aladdin type 1 or 1A lanterns began production ? Was there a license agreement with the Swedish...
This is the broken globe with the red marking. I think its a later 1960's globe ? Not the 1947 one [ATTACH]
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