KAESTNER & TOEBELMANN (K & T)

D. R. PATENT MODEL

Rare early model of this style K & T Lantern. This particular model lantern has a 'double fuel tank' = Doppelter Ölbehälter.

The 'badge' reads: D. REICHS PATENT - GEBRÜDER HOLTERMANN AACHEN

All original parts and in really exceptional shape for its age.

 Circa 1900-1915

Aachen was the first German city to be captured by the Western Allies, and its residents welcomed the soldiers as liberators.What remained of the city was destroyed—in some areas completely—during the fighting,mostly by American artillery fire and demolitions carried out by the Waffen-SS defenders. Damaged buildings included the medieval churches of St. Foillan, St. Paul and St. Nicholas, and the Rathaus (city hall), although Aachen Cathedral was largely unscathed. Only 4,000 inhabitants remained in the city; the rest had followed evacuation orders. Its first Allied-appointed mayor, Franz Oppenhoff, was assassinated by an SS commando unit.