Wartime Flashlights

Daimon Telko-Trio Focus with the original bulb.. The "Telko" serial was made in many-many variations, this is the last generation of the focusable version. The switch with morse function on the top, and the focus slider on the side. Made with  red, green filters. The slidable shield on the button is a safety function against the accidental switching. I love these little details! The focus slider button moves the little arm, which move back and forth the reflector. This focus the light beam. In a 1935's catalog. The left on the bottom. The price was 3 RM.  3 German reichsmark in year 1935 could buy 1.078 gram gold. Wartime Flashlights All rights reserved © 2020

One of the most authentic WW2 german flashlight. Made in Viena, in the Wiener Isolierrohr -Batterie- und Metallwarenfabrik GmbH factory, around 1939. It's had a lot of functions, the easy recognizable rotateble color switcher, lid with blue filter, two leather strap (the top part adjustable), focusable light beam, and morse button. That's a real 'all in one' choice. Wartime Flashlights All rights reserved © 2020

Made around 1940, in Germany. It's a very simple flashlight, without any fancy functions. That haven't got lens, or morse button, only an automatic switch, which is turn on when you turn up the lid. The original oval, white bottomed bulb. This type lid switch used often on the ww1 flashlights, but this Pertrix don't used in the great war. Never used any Pertrix flashlights in the first world war, because the Pertrix factory was founded near end of the war, in 1917. If you don't open the lid compleatly, with this gap light will be able to reading a map, write a note, or do something else hidden in the dark... Under the top cover. When you close down, the back part of the lid lifting and interrupts the circuit, the light is turn off. Wartime Flashlights All rights reserved © 2020

This is an Ennwell-Triola signal flashlight from 1935. Made in the Ennwell factory, which was started at 1895 in Nuremberg. Morse function, 40 mm lens, and two coloured, red-green filters - this is what the Triola name implies. The Triola is a musical term, a group of three notes to be performed in the time of two ordinary notes of the same kind. Left is the green, right is the red filter switch. Nothing special, working with the classic 3LR12 4,5V battery. The "Made in germany" inscription not too typical in this period.   Cylinder shaped three-position switch, safety, morse, and constant light. Wartime Flashlights All rights reserved © 2020

This is a german Daimon Focus 2262 Sp, made by the "Daimon-Werke" factory, around 1930. In this brown color was used by the Hitlerjugend. That version has made with nickel plated parts, adjustable focus, and morse button. Nice, big 60 mm lens, and belt clip on the backside. The factory catalog was promised 18 workhour with one battery pack! It's a nice piece, in very good condition. Rare in this brown color. Modern, rounded shape. Big, well usable switch, with morse button.  The "laughing duck" on the back side is the belt hanger, and with the small leather strap you could wear it on the buttons of the uniform.  But that wasn't a typical wearing mode, because with the batteries the lamp weight almost half kilogram, 493.7 gram. That wasn't an easy wearable item. Maybe on the trouser strap, that was the better choice. This is the original user manual. With the slider you can rotate the bulb socket, that's adjust the focus. Unfortunately the signature u...