JMCO - IMCO IFA No. 105107 Pocket Cigarette Lighter - WWII Trench Lighter
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:44530704 | Modified Item: No |
| "Trench Lighter": WWII |
This is IMCO 105107 IFA (IMCO Feurzeuge Austria = IMCO Lighters Austria) pocket cigarette lighter from 1927. It's all brass except steel flint wheel and steel flint spring. It is officially 3rd lighter in IMCO's production line, but first with the "automated" snuffer cap. The lighter is operated by pulling the windshield up which simultaneously opens the snuffer cap. All it takes after that is striking the flint wheel and getting the flame. The flame is extinguished by reverse action -... pulling the windshield down which closes the snuffer cap. Very simple but amazing engineering especially if we consider the era of this lighter's production.
The company got its name as an abbreviation of "Julius Meister & Co." = JMCO = IMCO. It is the only company so far that produced and sold over 500.000.000 (five hundred million!) cigarette lighters. Unfortunately the company closed lighter production last year. Beside some of the best cigarette lighters mankind has seen it left huge influence on other companies and designs all over the world.
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The company got its name as an abbreviation of "Julius Meister & Co." = JMCO = IMCO. It is the only company so far that produced and sold over 500.000.000 (five hundred million!) cigarette lighters. Unfortunately the company closed lighter production last year. Beside some of the best cigarette lighters mankind has seen it left huge influence on other companies and designs all over the world.
Please see photos for further conditions details.
If you have any questions please let us know.
