Vintage Cigarette Lighter-Pistola-Ministrere Finances-Employee Gift 1949-w/Ints

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Vintage Cigarette Lighter-Pistola-Ministrere Finances-Employee Gift 1949-w/Ints
Fair condition.  Pistola Brand.  Shows a lot of wear and discoloration.  Trigger action works well.  Fluid well plug ?missing?
Lighter was a gift to employee of Minestere Finances Français in 1949.  "R.E." are the initials of the employee.
The lighter was made in Italy even though it was used for a gift for French finance department employees.
There is hole above "R" that seems to want a plug. (I think this is were the lighter fluid would go in. I do NOT  know for sure.  I am unfamiliar  with lighters)  If there should be a plug here it is missing.
There is a lot of all over wear and discoloration.
the "plaque" added to the barrel reads  "Minestere Finances".
The embossing under barrel reads "Depose' Aulp. a. Germany".  Depose' means deposit or place.  I do NOT know what this embossing is trying to say or why manufacturer put it on the lighter.