Used for night time visual signaling.
Electrical lamp with concave mirror. A sighting tube for alignment is attached on top of the lamp.
Packaged in a metal box, with the lamp, tripod adapter, three dimming discs (adjustable perforated plate, red glass plate and green glass plate), morse key, three spare lamps and a 12 Volts battery.
In operation, the lamp was mounted on wood or metal tripod.
Main signaling equipment in the British army, for Battalion, Brigade and Division levels in WW I, since 1916.
Used by the Haganah since 1920. Used by the IDF in the War of Independence.
Lamp design was patented in 1916 by Oliver Lucas (1892-1948).
Weight: 6.3 Kg.
