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Introduction

German WWII Carbide Railroad Lantern-Painted in an ordinance tan, this Reich Railway conductor/trainman's lantern has a brass carbide burner. This stands approximately 18 inches high if the chain and hook are fully extended. The body itself is approximately 9 inches high with the handle being another 3 ½ inches high. It retains about 70% of its original finish. You can remove the lens doors and the interior has the complete set up for the kerosene lantern. It has a wooded carrying handle. Nicely marked “ago” for Luft, E., Eisen- und Metallwarenfabrik, Tetschen a/Elbe. Overall sound and untouched and uncleaned.

Uses

Lighting System

History

Constructed of iron stampings, this hand lantern has three glass panes, clear sides and center frosted. The light source or burner is absent, but it was full of candle wax when we got it before cleaning. The rear of the lantern is very clearly embossed with a Deutsche Reichsbahn DR with eagle and saws. The lantern has a steel carry handle to the rear and a over-the-top folding wood and wire handle. Original grey paint is still present on about 50% of the surface. Totally original and untouched.

The Deutsche Reichsbahn or the German National Railway, also referred to as German Reich Railway, and the German Imperial Railway, was the name of the German national railway system created after the end of World War I from the regional railways of the individual states of the German Empire. The company was founded in 1920 as the Deutsche Reichseisenbahnen (Reich Railways) and changed its name to German National Railway (Deutsche Reichsbahn) on 27 June 1921.

DR was founded when the Weimar Republic, formally known as Deutsches Reich (German Reich, hence the usage of the Reich in the name of the railway), took national control of the German railways, which had previously been run by the German states. In 1924

it was reorganized under the aegis of the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft (DRG), a nominally private railway company, which was 100% owned by the German state. In 1937 the railway was reorganized again as a state authority and given the name Deutsche Reichsbahn (DRB). After the Anschluss in 1938 the DR also took over the Bundesbahn Österreich (BBÖ, Federal Railway of Austria)

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