WW2 Vickers M G Aiming Lamp Mk III – Australian Made 1942 & 43

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS AN ANTIQUE COLLECTABLE 

WW2 Vickers MG Aiming Lamp Mk III – Australian Made 1942 & 43

This is an original Australian Made WW2 Vickers MG Aiming Lamp Mk III made by Lawrence & Hanson in 1942.

Please note we have a few available that are dated 42 & 43 with the 1942 dated ones being sold 1st.

Lawrence & Hanson is an Australian electrical company which is still open. Its history goes back as far as far as 1886 when a shop opened in Sydney.

This is a scarce item with the added touch of being Aussie made.

We will sell the 42 dated ones first, followed by the 1943 dated ones.

It is in good condition as pictured.

The below information was found by an open source search on the web.

Aiming lamps were developed at the end of the Great War in response to requests from the trenches for a means of directing fire at night.  The Mk III Aiming Lamp was introduced in the 1930s and was designed to be used with the Aiming Post Mk III and the Mk I Deflection Bar Foresight.  The official British description of the Mk III Aiming Lamp is as follows:

The Mk III aiming lamp has a hinged ground spike which folds against the box and is retained by a leather strap.  The lamp is a proprietary electric cycle lamp, an amber celluloid disc being supplied to diffuse the light when necessary.  Unlike the Mark II, the box is left with the aiming post when in use, the lamp being operated by means of a 30 yards length of plaited fishing line.  The line is connected to a switch rod which operates a ceiling type switch in the box which, in turn, is connected by flexible leads to the battery and lamp.  A steel chain 30 in. long has one end secured to an eye in the box, the other end having a spring hook.  The chain can be used for anchoring the box to any convenient post or object if the nature of the ground does not permit of the use of the ground spike.