As far as I know ,the BAT270 is the last pressure lamp produced in East Germany.Most of the components are made of sheet steel.It was manufactured in the 1960s.They can be operated with kerosene,petrol,gasoline or a mixture. Their predecessors were Hasag 351 L,VEB Leipziger 351 L, VEB Leipziger 361Ln, VEB Leipziger 361 L and BAT.In the last picture I placed a BAT next to a BAT 270.I repainted both lamps.Unfortunately I don't know exactly how long these two lamps were manufactured.
A beautifully restored lamp. It's also great that the development of this lamp over the decades has not ended and is wonderful to see. ‘Thank you!’ Reinhard
Hello Reinhard, in Frank Rohowski's book ‘Die Hasag 351 L’ this is somewhat unhappily formulated, which is why I would now like to include a scan of an original document. The production of the BAT storm lanterns first in Beierfeld and then in Heidersdorf (where the Bat cookers and blowtorches were made) was under an unlucky star right from the start. When the machines were relocated from Leipzig to Beierfeld in 1962, a few of them disappeared during transport! This delayed the start of production in Beierfeld, and then there were constant material shortages, which did not make production any easier. According to the company magazine of the Sturmlaternenwerk, the BAT pressure lamp was very popular with the public. However, none of this is of any use if you have no spare parts for repairs or even just for production! Greetings Jörg Excerpt from the company magazine ‘Die Sturmlaterne’ of the VEB Sturmlaternenwerk Beierfeld from 1968: Production of the high-intensity lantern also runs for the last time in 1968. The low demand from domestic trade is covered by imports from 1969 onwards. Our company no longer produces high-intensity lanterns in 1969. (Demand fell because the lanterns could no longer be repaired and production figures continued to fall due to a lack of materials.)
A nice lantern and a great historical research. It was unfortunate that the production took place at a time and situation when the mass manufacture of pressure lanterns in Germany was no longer favourable.
Hello Reinhard, the information available to me leads to the following conclusion: Marking ‘BAT’ from 1963 (see also my article in the library) Marking ‘BAT 270’ from 1966 Perhaps the marking ‘BAT 270’ was already in use in 1965, but I have no evidence of this. Greetings Jörg
