Original Japanese WWII Black-Out Bulb in Original Box - Rare Category_MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock so this may have been

so this may have been a gift from the soldier’s father

The scabbard shell is straight throughout

We believe it dates from the World War Two era

though it has been polished and cleaned extensively

and has a hanging sleeve hemmed into one end

Original Japanese WWII Black-Out Bulb in Original Box - Rare Category_MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock so this may have beenOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a fantastic heavily worn example of a Japanese WWII Blackout Bulb. Their purpose was to create a minimal light source to be used inside homes during air raid alert "blackouts", in which there was reason to believe there was danger of an air raid. When this happened, all normal bulbs had to be turned off, and these bulbs had to be used instead. The idea was to make it more difficult for enemy aircraft to