Cigarette Lighter made by Second World War Internee
Date made: 1940-1941
Maker: unknown
Description: Aluminium cigarette lighter in the form of a boot (high boot with laces akin to a parachute jump boot?) made by an unknown Second World War internee. Inlaid coloured decoration (coloured glass?). Donor stated this belonged to his mother Nellie Cregeen and was made by a Polish internee in a Manx internment camp.
Materials: aluminium, glass, metal: iron
Object name: cigarette lighter
Collection: Social History Collection
ID Number: 2010-0057
Subject tags : #WW2INTERNMENTMUSEUMCOLLECTIONS