Original British WWI Hallmarked Sterling Silver Royal Flying Corps Cigar Lighter - Engraved RFC HENDON 1915 Blunderbuss However they still shipped guns

However they still shipped guns over on a special order basis

as has the wreath and raised mobile swas

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

Liner is ink stamped R

and reduces to just over 6" when fully compressed

Original British WWI Hallmarked Sterling Silver Royal Flying Corps Cigar Lighter - Engraved RFC HENDON 1915 Blunderbuss However they still shipped gunsOriginal 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