hawkdriver Posted November 10, 2010 Share #1 Posted November 10, 2010 In a previous post, I had found a pair of early military batteries that I was going to put into my Vietnam flashlight. Here are my three sets of batteries that I have in my military flashlights. The first set are 1939 Winchester batteries. The second set is 1945 dated Eveready. The third is the military Eveready that are early Vietnam era. The fourth is a set of 80's dated C cell batteries. This last set of pictures of the battery that came in my WWI trench torch. This is the battery as it is inside the flashlight The back side of the battery The contacts for the battery The side of the battery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmar836 Posted November 10, 2010 Share #2 Posted November 10, 2010 Very nice. I have no vintage batteries. Wonder how long such batteries would have stood up compared to today's comparable items? Thanks for sharing. Dave KC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted November 11, 2010 Share #3 Posted November 11, 2010 Here's my Sept '43 dated BA-30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiGilio Posted November 11, 2010 Share #4 Posted November 11, 2010 Hopefully this one is ok to post. It was found at a cache site in Cambodia by an infantryman of 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry during the 1970 incursion. Could of been put in captured US flashlights by the communists or taken by GIs to use in their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkdriver Posted November 11, 2010 Author Share #5 Posted November 11, 2010 Here's my Sept '43 dated BA-30. Holy Smokes, I was wondering when the military started using government labeled batteries. Guess 43 is the earliest now. Thanks for that picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmjordan77 Posted November 11, 2010 Share #6 Posted November 11, 2010 I found a bunch they were slightly corroding on the tips and I tossed them out. I figured the darn things would be leaking all over my stuff. The outside was darn near perfect, and they came out of stuff in the 1940's. They were in great shape except the top corrosion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig johnson Posted November 11, 2010 Share #7 Posted November 11, 2010 July 1943 BA-30 I forget what manual this is out of. Dated Jan 1935 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durandal Posted November 24, 2010 Share #8 Posted November 24, 2010 A little late to the party but here are a pair of my batteries. I have a yellow pair as in the above post, but they are burred in a box somewhere. Surprisingly one of these actually still puts out enough current to be useful. If only the second one did as well they may well have been usable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airborne97 Posted November 25, 2010 Share #9 Posted November 25, 2010 kinda crazy...i'd be worried they would ruin something of mine if they touched then and leaked acid. nice to see them though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkdriver Posted November 26, 2010 Author Share #10 Posted November 26, 2010 What is the date on these? A little late to the party but here are a pair of my batteries. I have a yellow pair as in the above post, but they are burred in a box somewhere. Surprisingly one of these actually still puts out enough current to be useful. If only the second one did as well they may well have been usable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyt44 Posted November 26, 2010 Share #11 Posted November 26, 2010 Here's a couple of sept. '44 dated USALite batteries: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durandal Posted November 28, 2010 Share #12 Posted November 28, 2010 What is the date on these? They're both dated July, 44. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccyooper Posted April 17, 2012 Share #13 Posted April 17, 2012 Under reproductions a fellow asked if they were making reproduction flashlight ba-30 batteries because he thought that old batteries from the Vietnam era were not available. I replied that they were out there and then decided to post a few of my WWII batteries.. did a search and found this old thread. TL122-A with USALite Batteries, no date on bottom but use before Sept 1944. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccyooper Posted April 17, 2012 Share #14 Posted April 17, 2012 WWII Pen Light with WWII pen light batteries dated 41 and 42. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manchu Warrior Posted April 17, 2012 Share #15 Posted April 17, 2012 Jeez, now I have to start looking at every battery that I see. With that said, they are pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccyooper Posted April 17, 2012 Share #16 Posted April 17, 2012 Here are some BA30's ... most have already been shown but one of the early batteries has a tag on it prior to when they actually started printing the nomenclature on the battery. From left to right top pairs ... Feb 44, May 44, use before Sept 44. Bottom row... use before Jul 44...(im sure these were used by a paratrooper in Normandy :}, couple of different batteries and not a pair ... first dated Apr 1942 and the other May 1942.. then the two double A's.. 1941 and 1942... don't see them often... as I told the fellow looking for reproductions.. keep checking old military flashlights as some still have the batteries with them. regards, CC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccyooper Posted April 17, 2012 Share #17 Posted April 17, 2012 Here are some BA30's ... most have already been shown but one of the early batteries has a tag on it prior to when they actually started printing the nomenclature on the battery. From left to right top pairs ... Feb 44, May 44, use before Sept 44. Bottom row... use before Jul 44...(im sure these were used by a paratrooper in Normandy :}, couple of different batteries and not a pair ... first dated Apr 1942 and the other May 1942.. then the two double A's.. 1941 and 1942... don't see them often... as I told the fellow looking for reproductions.. keep checking old military flashlights as some still have the batteries with them. regards, CC oops... forgot the pic.. sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkdriver Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share #18 Posted April 17, 2012 Where do you find these? Impressive collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccyooper Posted April 17, 2012 Share #19 Posted April 17, 2012 Thank you. You have some very nice batteries too. I would like to find a beacon 355 battery for my WW1 Eagle snap Army Beacon light similar to yours. Thanks for posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted August 15, 2012 Share #20 Posted August 15, 2012 Ad of December 1944 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
37thguy Posted August 15, 2012 Share #21 Posted August 15, 2012 How do you keep them from corroding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted August 15, 2012 Share #22 Posted August 15, 2012 One more ad of 1944. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted August 15, 2012 Share #23 Posted August 15, 2012 Yet another military ad of 1944. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB4244 Posted August 15, 2012 Share #24 Posted August 15, 2012 Hello, Good topic :thumbsup: Here are my batteries that I found in a EE-8 phone. These are dated 1943. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted August 15, 2012 Share #25 Posted August 15, 2012 Late 1941 press ad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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