UBB.threads Forums General Militaria Flags, Field Gear, and Miscellaneous Militaria and Regalia Forum Waffenampt carbide lamp,railroad?signals?

Picked up this brass lamp with wood and metal handle has slide up panels ,sliding cover over round hole and slot ,for signaling?Dated 1935 and early waffenampt also F.F.A. Schulze.Berlin marked and DRP and a number,ex. shape looks complete.Anyone know what these were used for and do they have much value?First one I have ever seen,any help appreciated

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Neat..army usage for sure..quite the propriety lamp in its day, used for just about everything..

Not too huge a value..I have a matched pair that i use at the cottage..think i payed $80.00 for the pair years ago..

Thanks!Are yours just like this,and waffenampt?You use yours for lighting?How do they work?

Pretty close, one is a bit smaller, one larger..both similarly marked..

You are missing a few pieces to the inside..it works pretty much like a Coleman stove..fill it with camp fuel (or kerosene) and pump the plunger to vapourize the fuel and pressurize the cannister..lighting the element is done from the inside with flame controlled by a little wheel..

I don't think the ones I have are carbide..this one does not look like it either..however, the process of pressurizing gas from the carbide element remains similar

Hello, this is not a carbide lamp. A carbide lamp has a resevoir that you put calcium carbide crystals in and another resevoir on top that you fill with water. There is a valve that you open that drips the water onto the carbide which creates carbide gas that burns with an extremely "white" flame. They are also known as a miner's lamp and were strapped to the miner's hard hat, coal mines usually. Not used anymore because if methane gas was encountered, KA-BOOM! Can show a pic of one if you like. Regards, Leipzig

Thanks guys!I was told this is a carbide lamp,water goes in the tank above and the carbide in the bottom,there is a rod with a needle that goes clear to the bottom and protrudes through a hole to the bottom tank,screw up or down ,dont see anyway of pumping it up for gas?

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Hello Eric, O.K. I see now. I thought the round knob next to the fill cap was a pump/pressurizing knob. I see now it's the valve that drips the water on the carbide. Kind of like a needle and seat in a carbuerator. Mine is from the 70's I bought at an Army/Navy/Camping supply store 'cause I thought it was neat! I used to use it at nite to "gig" frogs! There's a striker with a flint [like a Ronson cigarette lighter] next to the gas jet. Notice at the top of the can it says "Miner's Lamp" Regards, Leipzig

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Hey cool,thanks for the pics,the carbide produces gas that comes out the hole and you light it,I see how it works.