Wartime Flashlights

And now I want to present to you a really unique flashlight from the Great War. Basically if we are talking about collecting wartime flashlights, everybody thinks about mostly the WW2 flashlights.That’s understandable, because it’s a better known period then the WW1. If I show to somebody a WW1 flashlight, they are often surprised, really? Flashlights in the WW1? With battery?! And the answer, yes, of course, this period was the golden age of flashlights! The most beautiful types were made in this period, and nowadays these are hardest to find. These are not only useful things in war, but also status symbols, signs of a more modern world. We can find a lot of pictures about proud posing soldiers with these early flashlights. This item produced by the Metallum light bulb company in the Austrian Hungarian monarchy, around 1915. The founder of the brand was Johann Kremenezky , one of the most prolific electrical engineer in Europe in this period. Not the flashlight producing was his main ...

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...