My dad was
just over visiting and I showed it to him. He says that he
has a similar one that was made in WW-II. He doesn't know what he's saving
his for either. He just says that it looked neat. I guess that I came by
being a pack rat honestly :-/
Most of these batteries were made in World War 2, many by a company called
Willard. They pretty much fell out of fashion roight after the war in new
designs, but probably were still produced for all of the existing radios
(mainly) that used them.
It sounds a lot like a battery we had a few of on the FFG-7 Class
ship I was on in the late 80's when I was an electrician. ISTR, that
they were intended for a couple high power flashlights. I also seem
to remember that they didn't work in spite of the ship only being a
couple years old :^/ As I recall the acid had leaked and pretty much
destroyed the boxes that were supposed to hold the batteries (I think
4 to a light).
Zane
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