1939. Coleman 236 Major

Lucky again! I was given this great lantern. Just cleaned, changed globe and fitted a mantle. Gasoline and light.

 

Nice looking lantern, and, yes you’re very lucky indeed. This is a good lantern to have.

Now you need a 237 that runs on kerosene.....

Enjoy
Pete

 

@Juan

Does it have a month or quarter code?

Tony

 

A fine Canadian lantern!

 

Just 39. Does it mean 1939 or something else?

 

@Juan
That number 39 would indicate your 236 was manufactured in the year 1939. If you look on the other side of the of the writing you should see a number that represents the month of the year.

For example
Here you can see the number 7 just before the word “MADE” representing the month of July and 52 after the word “CANADA” representing the year 1952


Cheers
Pete

 

@Juan
What is the piece behind the lantern on the first pict ?

 

Almost illegible there is an 8, so august 1939.

 

Behind the lantern there is a"moderateur" burner. Is a kind of burner and lamp designed and produced in France to burn heavy vegetal oils.

 

A good find.

 

Nice one juan !