Ralph A

Anyone care to take a stab at it? I was offered $75 for it....

This is a lovely flag. Time for someone else to enjoy it. It's large: 9'2" by 6'4". I don't know the age, but I have a US flag of about the same size and construction that belonged to my Grandfather, and it flew over Camp Greene in Charlotte NC in the early 1900's. This leads me to believe this flag is as old, if not older. Seems to be a thin, somewhat coarse wool, maybe.

Value? Thank you...

#44: George V. Last one. I hope you enjoyed the thread.

This one has wings, and some place-names inscribed around the nut.

#43: George VI. Missing a screw. The lighter, not the chap.

#42: King George and King Edward (I guess) rubbed raw and wore-out lighter. Looks like someone gave these chaps a good going over. Still, a nice solid lighter.

#41: Plain old lighter. Salty, toasty...

#40: Darlington County. There's a Darlington County in my home state of South Carolina.

#39 Royal Army Ordnance Corp. 'Nuff said.

#38: another "book" lighter, this one all brass.

#37: "Book" lighter. This one has a leather cover.

#36: Clodion Jerrican lighter.

A previous owner slathered cheap bronze paint all over it, then picked it up before it was dry. I wonder if the fingerprint he left is in the National Criminal Database?

#35: British-French buddy-buddy lighter. Unusual... I am not certain this one has its original cap. But it fits like they were always together.

#34: Engineers? More likely firefighter. That's a good one. . . a lighter for a firefighter.

Check out the inscription.

#33: Whose crown is that? I don't know what the little holes were for; probably were part of the nut from which this lighter was made. Great little wick cover. I like when the artisan took the time to sweeten up the parts.

#32: Royal artillery. A beauty, sadly Missing its striker.

#31: Hexagon cylinder lighter.

#30. Water pouch shaped lighter. Looks like the model was a goat skin bag? Nifty little plate on the base: "Ministere (des) Finances" (?). Oui.

#29. Triple-coin beauty. Two on the outside (top and bottom), and one hidden under the cap! Interesting striker mechanism.

#28. Queen Vikki. Some previous owner retro-fitted a new cap to this one, and disfigured the stem.

Better if he had left it without a cap altogether.

#27. Italian King Vic. I'm pretty sure this one does not possess its original cap. Those little caps are usually the first thing to go. This one looks like part of a wrist watch stem!

#26: French "coins."

This one brings up a good point. Note the date on the "coin". "Trench Art" is a catch-all term for just about anything, and most of it never got anywhere near a trench. Here is a good example.

#25 Kings' medallion lighter.

#24 Nondescript, no frills lighter. Still... lots of character. I like the way the wick hugs the striker.

#23. Here's a red one. I have a blue one and a yellow one somewhere around, but they must be hiding from me!

#22. These used to be more common. Not so much anymore.