Airborne Delivery Lamp Find

[Burning Hazard]

Hi guys,

 

I picked this up today at an antique sale for $20, I believe it's a WW2 Airborne Delivery Lamp or "Equipment Bundle Light". It has amber colored lights and is a bit heavy, I think it may have batteries inside but I don't know how to open it.

 

Batteries are dead so it does not work, still has the original cardboard tab that covers the switch.

 

Would like to know your thoughts/opinions on this one, is it WW2 and are these pretty rare? I don't think I ever even seen one for sale on militaria sites.

 

Thanks

 

Pat

[Burning Hazard]

From Mark Bando's site:

 

http://www.101airborneww2.com/equipment3.html

 

[robinb]

"I think it may have batteries inside but I don't know how to open it."

 

Unscrew the orange lenses and take out the batteries.

[Burning Hazard]

Gotcha, I unscrewed the wrong end at first but tried the other side and got them out; three, dead modern C batteries. I'm going to get some fresh batteries and see if this bad boy turns on, the light bulbs look good and not burned out.

 

Pat