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SHELL LIGHTER: WORLD WAR II ARTIFACT

SHELL LIGHTER: WORLD WAR II ARTIFACT

A cigarette lighter made from the nose of a World War II anti-aircraft shell. In the post-war period shell cases, shrapnel and other objects were often salvaged and re-used.Digital image by kind permission of Graham Gower. From the Lambeth Archives Home Front project 2005.
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Collection:Home Front Project 2005
Image type:Photograph
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Ref:06748
Identifier:SPd4067/19
Date:c.1946

#1926 - 1950  #Home Front Project 2005  #Photograph  #WAR AND ARMED FORCES