I think I can stump you;)

Hi all,my second post. First off I know what this is,I cannot find another one even close to it. Nothing with a picture on it anyway. Faint bottom engraving reads D.R.P Cabinetta

 

Flashlight .... isn't it?

 

Yes,vest pocket but I cannot find one even remotely close to it.

 

Especially the engraved maker name?

 

I doubt that is the maker name probably the owners name

 

DRP = Deutsche Reichspartei (German Empire Party)

 

That's weird. Classic English fox hunting scene.

 

I'm finding references connecting "D.R.P." and flashlights that predate the Deutsche Reichspartei, so I think probably not that.

Maybe it's an abbreviation for a term used with patent numbers?



https://books.google.com/books?id=1...AEwAQ#v=onepage&q="d.r.p." flashlight&f=false

 

We all know it is a vest pocket flashlight , but it is a mystery one to me. Has anyone found one that has an image on it?,I haven't . I think it is from the 20's but could be wrong. I don't think it has a lot of value but it is unique. I thrive on researching odd items

 

The patent refers to lights that flash. Flashbulbs. Think pocket torch, not the more modern usage flashlight.

DRP is early 20th C abbreviation for German State Patent. Very commonly seen on German origin goods. Similar to S.G.D.G on french stuff.

The scene is not unusual, much cheap metalware was imported from Germany up to the First World War.

It might be unusual, I'd bet my life it is not unique.

 

German, English, Italian references...and I have never seen one before either. And anything with a pink coat on it, I notice!

 

Pink coat?

 

Hunt attire.