A 2012 London Olympic Games torch lantern, used to preserve,...

Hammer

£4,600

A 2012 London Olympic Games torch lantern, used to preserve, protect and transport the Olympic Flame during the relay, brass and glass Type 6 relighter lamp with internal mesh and oil reservoir, with two applied plaques, one engraved with London 2012 emblem and ‘Olympic Torch Relay’, the other ‘The Protector Lamp & Lighting Co Ltd, Eccles’, approx. 25cm tall, housed in specially designed fitted flight case with London 2012 logo to front, one of eleven made, used to transport The Olympic Flame from Athens to London, made and patented by the British firm The Protector Lamp & Lighting Company Ltd of Eccles, Manchester - the company which has been used for the safe transport of the Olympic flame for the past 30 years