2 canadian armoured car regiment

[Gil Boyd]

It was over this side of the pond on an auction site. I appear to be drawn to items with individual history surrounding them such as this.
I also picked up a similar item from 1917 another lighter made out of anti aircraft cases with the Royal Flying Corps badge on the lid all in brass, a beautiful item.
Its the same with both of these items, there has been a lot of skill used in down time between sorties by individuals, and it is an honour to have in my hand someones passion and toil.
New flint in one topped up with lighter fule and off she went,the second one, is taxing my engineering skills slightly, but one expect that, when it has been made by tankies!!
I suppose me collecting these is a bit like us all collecting seasoned vintage rifles I suppose and wanting to know each ones individual history.
As I have said in the past on numerous threads, how great if each weapon had individuals names behind their respective history, and how we all seek the person to corroberate its life??

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