In 1907 Vienna, Julius Meister founded the Austrian button and hardware factory Julius Meister & Co. “IMCO” was created from these initials. The factory initially mainly produced buttons for the military. After WW I, there was no longer a demand for these and so, from 1918 onwards, IMCO switched to the production of cigarette lighters.

Founded by Julius Franz Meister in 1907, the Julian Meister Co. (JMCO/IMCO) began as a button and metal goods factory in Vienna. Bernhard Silberknopf became a company partner during 1911. The factory began manufacturing lighters after World War 1.

The IMCO ‘Trench Lighter’ Due to the restraints of the First World War, IMCO couldn’t actually start making lighters in the 1910s. When the war ended in 1918, the need for flashy brass buttons for the army suddenly ended, and IMCO was groping around to …

WWI trench lighters, now called foxhole lighters, offered a less visible flame. Competitors like IMCO, Dunhill and Ronson marketed their own service lighters. A perfect gift from home, lighters were more than just a way to light cigarettes. They functioned as candles, fire starters, and, on the coldest of nights, a tiny heat source.

This Austrian reproduction or modern production of the IMCO Triplex Super 6700 lighter was famously used by all the German forces in WW2. NEW ITEM. NOT USED. Height 6 cm ,Wide 2.8 cm and Depth 1.5 cm. Includes Wick and Flint. Shipped without fuel.

New made IMCO lighter. This is a reproduction of the company's original classic design. This is sort of the standard lighter of the WWII era, almost like a German Zippo. Just needs lighter fluid. War's End Shop offers high quality, unique WWII reproductions, restorations and original items for museums, films, theater, collecting, and reenacting.

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Rare World War 2 IMCO “Triplex” lighter Patent Germany 1940s IMCO is probably the oldest cigarette lighter manufacturer around. Originally this company manufactured buttons, but in 1918, after the first world war, they switched to making lighters from spent ammunition shells.

Want to be notified when this product is back in stock? This Imco lighter is a reproduction of the Imco lighter. This Imco lighter uses lighter fluid. This Imco lighter was made by the Imco company, which is now out of business.

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