Abstract: A luggage construction in which opposed shells are fitted with mated valances, one of the valances having a flat seating surface with an adjacent first wall and the other valance presenting a second wall parallel to the first so that the valances, in mating engagement, define an outwardly facing channel. Seated in the channel is a mounting member in the form of a flat strip having at its ends relatively thick retaining portions and a thin center portion resulting in a central recess of rectangular shape having opposed end walls. The end walls are formed with overhangs. A lens of matching rectangular shape has its ends in keyed engagement with the overhangs to permit the lens to be pressed laterally edgewise into seated position when the luggage is open. The presented second wall of the channel serves to obstruct the adjacent lateral edge of the lens when the luggage is closed to preclude removal of the lens as long as the luggage is in locked condition.