Wartime Flashlights

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...

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...