Wartime Flashlights

And now something absolutely amazing... This is a WW2 german "Sendler Lampe" near in mint condition. They are used firstly in the first world war, but it's the later, WW2 version. This is a very rare flashlight, even if it does occur, it is most often in incomplete, poor condition. This is not only a flashlight, it's a flashlight with notebook, and pencil. You can write a note at night, in the dark. If you don't turn up the lid, only the note get the light! It's has morse function, and if you turn up a lid you can use as a simple flashlight. The pencil was made of red celluloid, it's an early species of plastic, the same material used in the movie rolls. It's a fountain pencil, with chargable graphite rods. When you rotate the top, the graphite tip comes out. Thin and light, pleasent to write with it. Advertisement of the first generation type, around 1910. The bottom position is the morse function, the top the constant light. The battery cover lock is...

Soviet flashlight from the WW2, for the Red Army. Without any name or signing. Why would they use a brand name in the soviet type socialism?.. That was totally irrelevant in the USSR at this time. The switch and the filter buttons are very similar to the polish Elektrodyn, and the opening mechanism came from the german Zeiler 4848. It's had big nickel plated buttons. Big, but difficult to use with single hand. It's very tight, hard to rotate.  One rivet is missing. I think that's not a losted rivet, that's never was here. Why they would used four rivet, if three is enough here? Well usable switch. Right is the safety mode, middle is the morse, and the left is the constant light. I like it. Useful details on the filter buttons. The red button more densely knurled like the green. It's a good thing, you can feel with your fingertip which button is the right. And what about this disgusting thing? This is the one of the first generation of the soviet leatherette. It'...

WW2 german flaslight, made around 1940. It's not in too good shape, but it's have nice details. This type had three color filter. The green-red useable with the rotatable rim, and the blue switchable with the little arm on the side. Thats an early type with the painted arrows on the top, and the red switch. Later, when was simplified the manufacturing, stopped the color painting, and used an another switch. The filters is below the reflector. When you rotate the rim a small spike pull up one of these filters. Left direction is the red, right is the green. Sometimes get stuck the filters, due to the dust and dirt.  Red, cylinder shaped three-position switch. Later they stopped the red painting, and much later used an another flat shaped switch. That was a good development, the flat shaped more ergonomic, more usable then this cylinder. Nice, hand painted arrows. Somebody in the factory painting these little arrows all day.. The arm pull up, pull down this brass pin, which moves ...