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Lighters made in
Germany
Airflam - a lighter with no moving parts!! c. 1952 - a methanol lighter with a platinum catalyst. When the lid is removed exposing it to air a nearly invisible flame is produced
Looking into the lighter - showing the 2 different metals - the W shaped silver coloured piece & the black ball
The label on the "Colombia spirits" bottle & the paperwork
Fluid lamp table lighter
Ideal,
West Germany
"Globus Tip 53" fluid table lighter with the world map on it (& New Zealand & Antarctica missing!), c. late 1950's
Fluid pocket lighter with unusual semi-automatic mechanism, 47mm tall
K.W. - KW / Karl Wieden from Solingen produced lighters from 1905 to 1980
MEB, pre World War 1
Zunder 1000, 1935,
48 mm tall semi automatic with beautifully engineered mechanism. Zunder 1000 translates as 1000 Sparks. Pat'd in 1932
2 650G table lighters, 72mm tall x 85mm wide
c. 1946 "Kay-Ess K33 Continental" (formerly "Sophisticate" as per red stamp in 1st pic) fluid ?? pocket lighter with unusual semi-automatic mechanism. Mechanism operated by pushing down nob on the side. This one is stamped Kaschie suggesting it was from the brandname changeover period. 5cms tall
Enamelled & engraved fluid table lighter, 8cms tall
Mylflam fluid table lighter, 75 mm tall,
c.1955
Weltzunder (made by the Kremer & Bayer company). post WW2 fluid table lighter , 180 mm tall
- virtually identical (except for the height) to
Knights marked Negbaur & Hamilton in the US
(?? fabricated by Kremer & Bayer for them
during the US post war occupation)
Augusta semi-automatic table lighter with beautifully engineered mechanism - when the lighter is lifted the heavy mechanism & base fall with gravity causing it to open & strike (62mm tall closed, 76mm open).
Augusta automatic pocket lighter, 35 mm tall
Kaschie / Kay-Ess Karl Schnieder from Nuremberg, West-Germany, 1919 to c. 1965.
The company name changed from Kaschie to Kay-Ess at the end of WW2
HW/Hahway Imperator from Bavaria - fluid pocket lighter (pat'd late 1910) with a similar geared fitment to the early Thorens lighters.
The HW company was started by G. Friedrich Hoffmann and Nikolaus Wild in the early 1900s & was better known for their vacuum cleaners. They also produced torches for mililtary until the 1960s
Unbranded fluid table lighter
"Classic" semi-automatic fluid pocket lighter with unusual mechanism - plunger goes down diagonally leaving it protruding beyond the edge of the lighter by approx. 4mm. Stamped "System Reutz Pat."
Augusta, Mylflam & Zunder were all produced by the Mylflam factory - excellent site (in German) here
Ronson see here
Mylflam for the export market - enamelled tortoiseshell-look fluid pocket lighter with Belgian tax stamp & paperwork. This mechanism was patented in 1932
Mylflam for the export market - fluid pocket lighter with 2nd French tax stamp
Lit
Splendy squeeze action with removable fluid tank,
machine engraved,
58mm tall
Gebruder Kollisch was started by Bernhard Kollisch (1852-1910) in 1873 in Nuremberg
with a small factory machining primarily utensils out of brass
As the company grew they upsized through various locations
& also producing mechanical and optical toys, toy steam machines, fountain pens and mechanical pencils.
After WW1 the business was taken over by his sons, Josef (1876-1958) and Karl (1873-1937),
who started their lighter production, alongside producing brass & aluminium packaging for the cosmetic industry.
During WW2 they produced items for the armaments industry,
returning to producing lighters, & cosmetics packaging, after the war's end
(& under the Consul brand name from 1952-1978.)
For a time there was also a branch in Ireland.
They also collaborated with Diplomat, Feudor (France) and Sungas (Spain)
"Consul" fluid table lighter,
c.1952
Germany
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