Army belt flashlight

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Flashlight with a metal body, glass lens, and leather strap, to attach the light to a belt. The front of the flashlight has a circular glass bulb. On the back a leather strap is attached with a metal bracket screwed to the main body on both sides. The pebbled leather has two button holes and one metal snap button with the seal of the United States. Inscribed onto the back of the flashlight are two texts. Above the strap, [BEACON ARMY LIGHT / PAT. NOV. 13. 1917 / OTHER PAT. PENDING]. Below the strap, the text states, [MANUFACTURED BY / BEACON ELECTRIC WORKS / OF NATIONAL CARBON CO. INC. / NEW YORK, N.Y. U.S.A.]. On the top of the flashlight sits a metal square on a hinge. On the flashlights proper right, a metal tab switch is used to turn it on and off.

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