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6000 Funkmeister
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6000 Funkmeister
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Series Overview
The Funker Master, colloquially known as the "German Radio Operator's Flint and Steel," is an original IMCO Austria product manufactured in 1949. Originally customized for German radio operators (Funker), this mechanical flint-and-steel ignition rod was designed to light heating alcohol stoves, field gas cookers, and signal bonfires.
Mass-produced post-war in two versions: military-grade bare nickel and consumer-grade baked enamel (lake blue/beige color-block). Exported to North America under the Coghlan's private label.

