lamp
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19820302-012
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Nulite
- Date Made --
- Category Furnishings
- Sub-category Lighting
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Inscription Marked: GAMAGES NULITE HOLBORN EC. on lamp; GAMAGES NULITE MILITARY LAMP & CASE Reg No 649766 on case
- Materials Glass, Mammal leather, Metal
- Service Component Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Measurements Height 12.8 cm, Width 8.7 cm, Depth 6.0 cm
- Caption Trench tools
- Additional Information Trench raiders carried heavy wire cutters and other special tools. In the weeks prior to an offensive, raiders and work parties from both sides crept into No Man's Land to cut through, or setup, barbed wire obstacles. Violent clashes resulted when these groups stumbled into one another.