Original Early American Iron Flintlock Tinder Lighter with Plaque Engraved to Sun Inn, Bethlehem PA - Still in Existence GWOT From 1933 to 1945

From 1933 to 1945

His name is stamped on the inner flap (upside down)

These are also made from un-tempered mild steel

however the rubber inside is degraded

The fore stock is just grate

Original Early American Iron Flintlock Tinder Lighter with Plaque Engraved to Sun Inn, Bethlehem PA - Still in Existence GWOT From 1933 to 1945Original 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