Pressure lantern

[Mike K]

The ubiquitous British made Tilley lantern as issued during WW2 .

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The equivalent lantern in Canada is a Coleman white gas device. https://www.colemancanada.ca/en_CA/l...aphtha&start=1 Pressure tank on the bottom, feeding a generator, and the vapour burns in a rather fragile fabric mantle. The flame is contained by a cylindrical gas globe and a steel cap. To hang and carry it, there is a swinging bale handle.

The scale of issue is quite good. Someone figured out that the best container is a rectangular sheet metal box with a hinge and hasp. Throw some spare mantles, a generator and a 2" diameter fuel funnel inside, and that bad boy is a lifesaver. The heat from a lantern will keep the arctic tent warm and toasty!

I have seen a sheet metal reflector from the bottom that screws down with the top nut, and resembles a giant coffee cup. Otherwise, the heat coming off the top hat will cook your hand (and burn your glove or mitt).

[Lynn Eades]

Shellite, White gas, N.L.gas, White spirits. These are all non leaded petrol.
Is Naptha another one or is it something else?
I have a brand new 1966 dated British army issued lantern. It has a heater shield / reflector that came with it. I will post the brand name later.

[Mike K]

Shellite, White gas, N.L.gas, White spirits. These are all non leaded petrol. Ah OK but the white spirits the hardware sells here isnt petrol.

Yes Nth. America is pretty much Coleman territory but they do turn up here as well.

Apparently the British forces also used the Vapalux brand during WW2 , the WW2 dated examples are worth big bucks as are the genuine Swedish made Primus lanterns. Seems that from the early 1900's onwards just about everybody ripped off the original Swedish Primus concept and it's been ongoing since then.

[Mike K]

A wartime advert for the Handi lantern. I don't know how they can claim it is 'all British' because these lanterns were made in Brisbane.

1940 and 42 Coleman adverts. Apparently the KAYEN was an Australian copy of the Tilley

[Mike K]

More strange wartime adverts. The British Coleman ! Seems everything is British made.

[Lynn Eades]

Mike I'm not sure what makes up the fuel sold for running cookers, stoves, lights etc. but those fuel names I mentioned were just petrol without the lead additive back in the day. See the wording with your add for the Model no. 3 lamp.
My unused lamp is a British made "Bialladin" Model 305, made in 1964 and broad arrow marked and has a W.O. Cat No. JA5557.

[Mike K]

That's a nice lantern.

Some info here http://tgmarsh.faculty.noctrl.edu/uklant.html

Looks like Coleman maybe did have a factory in the UK , so 'British made' is probably correct for some of the Coleman models.I will ask the guys on the Coleman forum