Bowers Kalamazoo Slide Sleeve Lighter Diversen-WS-077 

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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
5515555
Area
Lighters
Title
Bowers Kalamazoo Slide Sleeve Lighter Diversen-WS-077
Type
Petroleum lighter
Manufacturer
Bowers
Collection / set
Number in collection
Colour
Country
United States
Year
1946
Barcode / EAN / UPC packaging
Dimensions
Details
This is the flattened, oval version, which incorporated improvements to the original lighter, and began production in the late 1930s. One is a brass version; it was produced before America was heavily involved in the war and shortages of brass took the lighters to steel construction. The chrome plated steel version was most likely shortly after WW2.