Unusual Postwar Lionel item on Ebay (panel meter)

I looked at the Lionel meter, but there is no part number on it to reference it. Could it be from WW-2 era? Lionel was involved with military stuff back then.

I have seen a ship's compass that Lionel made during WW-2 at somebody's house in Homestead FL, he was a retired navy officer.

Lee Fritz

Yes, it was THE Lionel of toy train fame.

Looks like WWII to me also. I would bet it's not really worth more than $50 which I personal wouldn't pay as the old Geiger counters you can get for about $35

A company called Lionel made Geiger Counter and Radiation detector stuff after WWII. I don't know if it is the same company. Here are a couple photos of a common unit.

The Lionel Corp purchased Anton Electronic Labs and renamed it Lionel Electronic Labs. The Geiger counter pictured above is one of their products. IMHO, it is a Lionel item.  A number of companies made that model, it was intended for fallout shelters.

Lionel made all sorts of stuff for the military. I have a friend who has collected all sorts of stuff.  As far as I know, Lionel's war production is not well documented in our collector literature. Maybe Bob Osterhoff has written about it, I am not certain.

Here is an article on Lionel's purchase of Anton.

And here is an article on Lionel's 455 scaler.

It's my guess that the meter is from another Lionel Electronics Labs bench unit.