Dears, Please find below pics of the CEPE / ČEPE lamp wreck. Missing inner casing, broken tank (bulged bottom plate). An interesting piece of scrap... „019” written on jet, „MADE IN GERMANY” on generator, „AIDA 214” on glass, „4 71” on the tank bottom plate. Petromax style NRV with one long slot, not the Primus type. It is wider then Petromax 500 type of lamps. Some discussion (also in English) about CEPE / ČEPE lamp I was able to find on Polish lamp forum: Cepe 350 cp, nafta, rok ? Kraj ? and another example here: Lámpák | Széprádiók It is not mentioned in @Mackburner PLC, so it is my favourite kind of lamp, except for its condition. Any ideas about this lamp origin, age etc.? Anybody has a spare inner hood for it? All the best, Piotrek
ČEPE is mentioned in Neil's PLC. The lantern is a labelled AIDA 214, possibly from/for Czechoslovakia. Unfortunately most of the parts are not compatible with those from e. g. Petromax style lanterns, so they are hard to come by.
Thank you @Martin K. Indeed it is in PLC. I did something wrong while searching there. Hopefully sooner or later I might get some AIDA wreck to swap parts and have one complete lamp.
Reportedly the manufacturer was LAMPAGYAR (lamp factory) BUDAPEST HUNGARY. No docs available to support that version. Yet
