Pertrix №646
Why are the most cool and interesting things usually the rarest and hardest to find? You can collect flashlights for decades, and may you can't get this. Around a few thousand pieces made of that, but by now a few hundred, or less could remain. The first version of the 646 was made around 1934.The piece that I presented here now is a later, but not the latest version. The 646 was the Pertrix brand's most expensive product. All of the parts are non-magnetic, made of copper. Copper was an expensive material in this period, the military industry used a lot of it. All parts of the flashligh are non-magnetic, because it's had a compass on the top. With iron parts, the compass would not work properly. It’s an unique function among the WW2 german flashlights, as the copper outer casing. The compass is usable at night too, because it receives light from below. It's a nice, spectacular function! Another unique solution: the slidable front panel. If you press the shiny spring, ...