Just got this flashlight from a friend.
Can anyone tell if it is a German ww2 flashlight (As I think)
The button on each side selects red or green light
Flashlight
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Christian Ankerstjerne
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A quick search on google came up with this at http://www.ww2militaria.al.ru
Maybe I should have done that before
Maybe I should have done that before
EXTRA rare ww2 original german field flashlight "Zeiler" made from bakelite with repro battery Very good condition. Has marks "Zeiler #4848".
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Robert Hurst
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Flashlight
Hi Erik
Although not strictly a flashlight, I've attached a photo of the German Army issue torch. The officer by the way is Oberst Constantine Meyer, the military commander at Metz.
The photo was taken from 'German Army Uniforms and Insignia 1933-1945', by Brian L. Lucas.
Regards
Bob
Although not strictly a flashlight, I've attached a photo of the German Army issue torch. The officer by the way is Oberst Constantine Meyer, the military commander at Metz.
The photo was taken from 'German Army Uniforms and Insignia 1933-1945', by Brian L. Lucas.
Regards
Bob
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- The three small knobs that can be seen at the base of the torch front were used to slide a coloured screen in front of the bulb and reflector dish, thus converting the white light to either blue, red or green.
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gabriel pagliarani
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Rare plastic object.
Hi Sir Erik!
Probably the raw material is "bachelite" (..or bakelite?)a primitive german thermo-indurent phenolic plastic matter produced by Bayer. The use of this plastic has been reported about all devices suffering by mean of rust & salt corrosion: therefore it could be used in Kriegsmarine. Bachelite was also used largely by german artillery: round cylindrical containers having a round black twist-cap were used in storing and trasporting launch-powders. Plastic containers were the first plastic objects to be produced because plastics never produce sparks. It was considered an extremely rare and up-to-date safety raw material, not cheap and common as the actual Thermo-plastics...great rumour about the phenolic plastic rudder of Me 109 K: it looked a science-fiction alike solution in 1945!
Probably the raw material is "bachelite" (..or bakelite?)a primitive german thermo-indurent phenolic plastic matter produced by Bayer. The use of this plastic has been reported about all devices suffering by mean of rust & salt corrosion: therefore it could be used in Kriegsmarine. Bachelite was also used largely by german artillery: round cylindrical containers having a round black twist-cap were used in storing and trasporting launch-powders. Plastic containers were the first plastic objects to be produced because plastics never produce sparks. It was considered an extremely rare and up-to-date safety raw material, not cheap and common as the actual Thermo-plastics...great rumour about the phenolic plastic rudder of Me 109 K: it looked a science-fiction alike solution in 1945!