flashlight
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19840102-005
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer J. H. Steward Ltd
- Date Made 1913-1923
- Category Furnishings
- Sub-category Lighting
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1913/01/01
- Latest 1923/12/31
- Brand Name / Model The Orilux
- Inscription written on case: H.J. Siemon Lieut CMG 30/10/18
- Materials Metal, Mammal leather
- Measurements Height 13.5 cm, Width 9.0 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.