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6000 Funkmeister

IMCO1949Year
6000 Funkmeister

Engraved Pattern

6000 Funkmeister Engraving 1

6000 Funkmeister

Patent Information

AT 171854 B

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AustriaPatent1950Year
IMCO

At 171854, B

No. 7882

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GermanyPatent1951Year
IMCO

No. 7882

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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.