Zeiler Nº M. 4848
It's a german WW2 Zeiler Nº M. 4848 bakelite flashlight. Made around 1938. The Zeiler factory had founded by Max Zeiler in 1910. In the first times they are manufactured only batteries, later started the flashlights, around 1920. The bakelite Zeilers are very popular with collectors. Hard to find the nice, undamaged pieces. Bakelite is a beautiful material, but fragile, especially when used for military purposes. Often the strap is missing, and the edges of the top part are fragmanted, incomplete. My piece is not perfect either, but it's have an interesting strap repairing. The "4848" type was made in two variations, "Nº M. 4848" and "Nº 4848". One of the most beautiful flashlight was ever made, in my opinion. This is the M. version, with aluminium strap fasteners. The bottom half is the strap the original, the upper is the repaired, replaced part. The original was made of Presstoff (Preßstoff), the replaced is made of real leather. It's op...