Original U.S. WWI All Brass Circular Military Cigarette Lighter - Liberty Eagle Availability_Both It got its wish and

It got its wish and French infantry divisions became progressively outfitted with the Hotchkiss gun in late 1917 and early 1918

with two halves being joined together in the center

and anyone with an interest in automatic weapons of the WW II era should take a look at it

Original Item: Dating from the WWI era these are British Hotchkiss Pattern machine guns crows foot tripods offered in good condition

Original U.S. WWI All Brass Circular Military Cigarette Lighter - Liberty Eagle Availability_Both It got its wish andOriginal item: one of a kind. In WWI times in the trenches hard, raw materials were short, the soldiers spent most of their time below the surface of the earth. With plenty of time on their hands they created a multitude of different objects and among the most popular were cigarette lighters. Here is a typical piece of "trench art".