Trench Art ?

[painter777]

1936,
Found this lighter in a footlocker of my Fathers pocket watches.
Just crafty or Trench Art?
Thx
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[Merle]

Nice, no matter what you call it!

[Aragorn243]

It is nice but what is it made of? Looks like a giant brass nut with two coins in the ends. It is very well done. 1936 so that rules out "trench art".

[painter777]

Yes Brass nut.
When I 'Posted this' my pictures didn't show up.
They were not there, just an overlay from photobucket... pushing for the upgrade.
That's why I tried to edit/delete the post as there were no pics.

That's why I commented at the bottom "so much for Photobucket"

Something else here a bit odd, I'll share if Photobucket will allow. Be same forum, new topic.
CH-P777

[Mike Haas]

Charlie - looks like a cigarette lighter. How big is it? Does the knurled knob unscrew?

[mr.e moose]

WW2 trench art perhaps, even though there were no trenches. My uncles brought back many souvenirs.

[browningautorifle]

May have been made by locals to pony up a few bills of pay from the soldiers. Spend a bit to make a lot by comparison.

[painter777]

My big wrenches/sockets are out back. A 1" wrench.. too small, I'd guess 1-1/4" or may be Metric.
Top knob unscrews and shows the wick. Striking wheel is lodged up, needs a cleaning, or bound on a partial piece of flint.
2 brass screws in the bottom. Screw #1 fills the batten with fluid and has what looks to be plenty of wick.
The other screw #2 has the very end of its threads filed to a sharp point that a long skinny spring is mounted on that holds the flint up, under tension.
#2 screw would remind you of a M1 carbine bolts Ejector just with a pointy screw tip poked in to a spring and a Ejector type point pushing the flint upward.
Hope this makes sense. I could get more pictures but won't be able to load them until Friday on the big PC. I don't know how to load pics on this lap top. My Wife is on the good PC face talking to a old girlfriend about a upcoming class reunion........ LOL, I can't remember what they call that. Got the 'LOOK' the other day when I stumbled on the name for Facebook, by calling it Mug Book ! I don't do Facebook..........

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[Paul S.]

It is nice but what is it made of? Looks like a giant brass nut with two coins in the ends. It is very well done. 1936 so that rules out "trench art".

Not necessarily, 1936 is the date the penny was minted, but that doesn't mean the lighter and penny were cobbled together then.

[Gil Boyd]

I own many WW1 trench art lighters in many disquises, and this one is consistant with the time, and I suspect it has been replaced with the 1936 Penny where the original 1914-18 pennies once were. It must have been a special year for him one thinks??