Dad's Flashlight

When D first found the flashlight from Dad's barn and showed it to me, I thought, "whatever, its just and old flashlight."  But then later at home it really caught my attention.  All that chrome.  How old is this thing?

To the internet!  It was manufactured by Hipco and it's from the mid 1950's.

This is the site I used to identify it: http://www.flashlightmuseum.com/Hipco-Flashlight-2-Cell-Ribbed-Chrome-Light-with-Slide-Switch-2D-1955

The flashlight was covered in small specks of rust.

How to get rid of the rust?  To the internet!   I read that rust could be removed from chrome by simply rubbing it with aluminum foil and water.  This site has an excellent explaination:  http://www.robertscycle.com/chrome-clean.html 

However, I was still quite skeptical.  No way to know until I try it.  So cleaning begins...

The only thing I'm doing is rubbing with foil that has been dipped in water.  Unbeliveable - it actually works.  The foil did not scratch the surface and the method seemed to go faster than using steel wool.

The end results...

The lens is glass.  Some new C batteries and it even still works!

thanks for looking.