Hello Jan, maybe this can help you a little bit: [ATTACH] Kind regards Jörg
Hello Adolfo, F. Racek also worked together with Schott, Jena: [ATTACH] Kind regards Jörg
Hello Adolfo, Franz Racek was not an Indian merchant! His real name was Francis Racek. He was born in 1883 in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This...
Hello Floss, Unfortunately, your post contains some serious errors that I would like to correct: It was the British counterpart to the German...
A few years ago, I was able to buy two of these Petromax beer coasters from the 1950s quite cheaply in India. Just for fun, I had 100 copies...
Hi Myn, The Graetz company manufactured various lighters from the 1920s to the 1950s. The lighters from the 1920s are very reminiscent of the...
I recently had the opportunity to purchase this interesting gasoline lighter from Graetz. Greetimgs Jörg [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Hello Wim, When it comes to lighting in the Siegfried or Atlantic Wall bunkers, you have no idea! Only a very small number of these bunkers had...
Hello Tony, I don't think these numbers have anything to do with the Coleman-Thomas model numbers. They were probably based on the Hermann Nier...
Hello Ton, The storm carbide lantern you are showing is from the Hermann Nier company in Beierfeld, Saxony. At least the upper part is from this...
Hi Jody, I have plenty of these fuel caps here, both original and reproductions. I'll find out how much it would cost to ship them to Australia....
Hi Jody, the thread on the original fuel cap has an outer diameter of 19.4 mm. Any fuel cap with this diameter should therefore fit. Here in...
Hello Jody, You have a pre-war FH 175. All fuel caps from models No. 75, 225, 235, 275, 276, 201, 305, 323, and 327 would fit here. By the way,...
Hello Reinhard, the tank bottom numbers are already visible between the lampshade and the picture with the burning lamps :lol: One is stamped 3491...
Hello Leo, to me, the cutouts look as if they were sawed out by hand! Best regards, Jörg
Hi Gary, In Germany, this glass problem only occurs with red glass manufactured in the 1930s. It only occurs when the lamp is in use, i.e. when...
An additionla information concernng the 'crizzling' of red globes. Woody Kirkman wrote me in 2010 this: Jörg, We call that "glass cancer" here. I...
Hello Gary, Regarding the similarity between certain Chalwyn lanterns and Dietz lanterns (your post no. 29), I had an interesting discussion with...
Hi Gary, this is from the 1913 catalogue I do have in my archive: [ATTACH] The same lantern in the 1926 catalogue: [ATTACH] As you can see, there...
Hi Piotrek, haven't you seen this photo?. [ATTACH] Kind regards Jörg
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