Mills grenade lighter

[paul the grenade]

Hi all.
I picked this up at the weekend at the newark militaria show.
Its the first one ive seen thats upside down.
if you remove the screw in the base you can fill it with petrol as the base plug wont unscrew as its coated in chrome on the threds.
anyone seen one similar?
cheers, paul.

 

[gothica7]

Interesting one Paul,

unusual its upside down.
i have a No 5/23 thats supposed to be upside down but its missing its plinth and the lighter bits.

Nice find,

Andy

 

[Millsman]

The Bizarre world of Mills Lighters! A couple of months ago I sold a Mills 36 lighter than was a perfect replica in detail, size etc but made of brass. I've never seen an upside down one before. Now I've seen two!

John