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Pertrix headtorch

Accession Number

1060.2013.1(a-b)

Object Name

Pertrix headtorch

Created

26/03/2013

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

26/03/2013

Brief Description

Head torch attached to a piece of leather with canvas straps. A plastic connecting wire for battery holder with two leather loops and torch.

Materials

metal, leather, plastic, canvas

Dimensions

headtorch 6cm circumference battery case - 12(l) x 7(w) x3(h) cms

Number Of Objects

2

Inscription Description

"NR199M PERTRIX S.R." on the battery case.

Colour

green

Maker

Pertrix

Object Production Place

Sweden

Provenance

Pertrix Chemische Fabrik seems to have been founded in hamburg around 1917, primarily to make drycell batteries for radios and torches. By 1926 they had been bought over by the larger, Varta company, but Pertrix continued to use their own brand name.
At some point Pertrix started producing torches as well as the batteries to go in them and it seems that they were major suppliers to the German army during World War Two.
Mick Tighe bought this mint condition head torch in 2013 from a junk shop in Bødo, Norway for £10. Pertrix had factories in Sweden in the 1960/70's and we think that's where this torch came from - made for either the Swedish or Norwegian army - maybe they made them for both!
As with all torches from this era, they were consigned to history when Light Emitting Diodes (LED's) came along in the 1990's, so we are delighted to add this excellent example to our collection of Lights on the Mountain

Acquisition Method

Donated by Mick Tighe

Acquisition Date

26/03/2013

Condition Check Date

26/03/2013

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

26/03/2013

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