Restoring an German type flashlight

The flash light I bought about one month ago from a collectors fair in Bucharest, for the price of just 5 RON, that day I also bought a German WWII type utensil in very good condition for 10 RON.

I’m not sure is a flashlight from WWII but is similar and it was good for learning how to restore one.

When I bought it was in a pooling condition, very rusted, with a small hole in the letter “D”and the paint was coming off but it was complete and the glass was not scratched or cracked. It also hat two light bulbs inside and both are working.
Unfortunately I forgot to take picture before I started disassembling it.


The evening when I got home I started disassembling it. You can see all the parts in there original condition, but I made the mistake to remove the lens together with the metal ring (a thing that I regret now). I took the lens off hoping that I could disassemble them and clean the rust between the glass and the metal, impossible without destroying the metal or smashing the glass.


After cleaning with sandpaper the most of the rust I put all the parts in Feruginol to remove the rust that I could not reach.


The main body before applying the filler.


With the filler applied but not sanded.


After sanding.


The first coat of satin black.


Now the big problem; the reassembly of the components, especially the glass witch after putting back was not fit and had a small movement and a tendency to fall out.


After “small tinkering” with I got it right but all around the lens the metal was in “waves” so back to the filler hoping that I could fix the problem and after a lot of sanding it was better.


After the last coat of paint.

Continuing:


Final assembly.


Working with an “original” battery .

WOW....
Impresing!
Great job!

Super!!!

Thanks guys.

Hristos a inviat

Hello I was this weekend at my grandmothers house in Codlea near Brasov and I found this flash light I don't know anything about it.

It is a Petrix flashlight from probably from the inter war era. It seems to be missing a part that holds the light bulb.

It could have been used in WWII by a German soldier, more I can't tell you as I never found anywhere all the types of flashlights used in the German army in WWII but I can tell you, I have seen more shapes and sizes of flashlights then you can imagine.

But here are some links to some sources:
http://m43caps.com/german_flashlights_.htm
And this forum:
http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/index.php (use the search option)

Can't help you any more. I myself have two unknown German flashlights. I’ll post later photos of them.

Here is one of them:


I'm tying now to make the hanger for it.

Here's how the flashlight was worn in combat.

Gen. Dénes


[Foto: Merentino]

Mihnea thanks for the information, I also sow a lot of models at antik shops all kind shapes and all kind of producers. The largest producer was DAIMON and the second one was PERTRIX and them came the other.

Keep on the good work . You should put some pictures when you finish it.

Do you have other flashlights? If you do can you post some pictures with them.

I think it's a good ideea to post here pictures with our flashlights and make a list with them so that we know how many models were made.

I have 6 in total (for now ):
1. Daimon flashlight


2. WWII Daimon unfinished, it is going to need some more work but is almost finished. I bought it with a jammed light bulb inside that was working, after I took him out I found out it was the original Daimon bulb it continues to work after 60 years. German quality.






3. Dura pre WWII I'm working on it, if I have free time in a week I’ll finish it.


4. Phillips dynamo flashlight it works now it was jammed but after a complete disassembly and bit of grease it works perfectly, just that the return spring lost most of its power, the lens is missing and the locking part.


5. Daimon Focus stick flashlight, with cylindrical batteries, in very bad condition but it's going to work. No picture.

6. And my pride and joy. A Luftwaffe bakelite flashlight.







The source of this picture: http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/sho...ad.php?t=142872

This post has been edited by mihnea on April 27, 2006 04:52 pm