Original Early American Iron Flintlock Tinder Lighter with Plaque Engraved to Sun Inn, Bethlehem PA - Still in Existence French Holster and a pull cord ran

and a pull cord ran from the detonator down the length of the hollow handle

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and above this is a nice close winged "Reichsadler" National Eagle with a mobile swas on its breast

Beads are correct glass trade beads from the period which have been sewn tightly (in the correct manner… not “lazy stitched”

it did not affect our personnel or equipment

Original Early American Iron Flintlock Tinder Lighter with Plaque Engraved to Sun Inn, Bethlehem PA - Still in Existence French Holster and a pull cord ranOriginal Item: One of a Kind. Purchased in Allentown some time, ago this old tinder lighter has plainly laid in a barn or out house for many years and is pitted overall. Complete with a candle stand on the left side, the moving parts are all exposed on the right hand face of an enclosed compartment intended to store one's "tinder". These were first used as fire lighters by the flint striking a spark on the frizzen, which ignited the "tinder" in the