Original British WWI Hallmarked Sterling Silver Royal Flying Corps Cigar Lighter - Engraved RFC HENDON 1915 Blunderbuss and reduces to just over

and reduces to just over 6" when fully compressed

The Luftschutz decal is clean and 90% complete but has seen some wear towards the upper inner left side

with only a relatively small number made for the Heer Paratroopers before they were transferred over to the Luftwaffe in 1939

“it was like a huge brawl

which indicates that it may be very early in production

Original British WWI Hallmarked Sterling Silver Royal Flying Corps Cigar Lighter - Engraved RFC HENDON 1915 Blunderbuss and reduces to just overOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Hendon, near what we today call HEATHROW, was the home base of the RFC and training center for Officer Pilots who became the backbone of British Air Power in WW1. Probably a gift from a wealthy graduate. Little expense appears to have been spared. If only we knew who the original Donor was! The side of the lighter is engraved with RFC HENDON 1915, and there are also British hallmarks on both the base and on the wick