WW2 Admiralty Aldis Lamp dated 1943

Price: NZ$278.26

Code: BH179

More correctly called, “Lantern Portable, Signalling” we all know these as the “Aldis” Lamp.
Used by the Royal Navy and conforming to Admiralty Pattern 5110.E, the lamp projected a light from a 35w bulb, interrupted to create Morse. They did however see extensive use with ground forces and at RAF stations and in RAF aircraft where they were used for communicating within the bomber stream or with surface vessels

ALDIS lamp used for Naval Daylight Signalling. Using a 12 Volt – 36 Watt bulb and a swivelling concave mirrored reflector, the Aldis Lamp is used for sending messages in morse code. The large trigger switches the light on, and the smaller trigger, pressed with the forefinger, tilts the mirrored lens at the receiving station. There is a sight along the top of the lamp, and I could imagine it was quite an art to send ship to ship while in a force ten ! The plaque reads : Admiralty Pattern 5110.E. Lantern Portable Signalling. Serial No. 249366. Year 1943. A.B.