HJ Torches? Gies Wachstackel?

[Strumble69]

Hello all
I have seen these items pop up recently. Cant say I have seen them prior to this year. Can anyone help give me a definitfe answer on these? I know these sort of item exist (I will add a photo below of such torch in use)

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Thank you anyone

 

[Garry]

This is one of those items where a call to the company would give clarity. I remember doing the same with a "HJ" drum years back. A company rep provided proof that the item was actually made in the 1960s. The Gies company was founded in 1899 and is still around today so these torches may well be legit from the period but as I say, a call would clear it up straight away I would think - especially as these torches appear to be on offer from multiple sources.

 

[UTH1308]

Hello all
I have seen these items pop up recently. Cant say I have seen them prior to this year. Can anyone help give me a definitfe answer on these? I know these sort of item exist (I will add a photo below of such torch in use)

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Thank you anyone

When I was a child, I think I was 7 years old, I was with my best friend at his grandpa's house. We found such a torch there and lit it. Of course we didn't know what it was exactly, we had never seen it before. Looking back, I'm annoyed about it...

 

[wilhelm saris]

then you had luck Garry the company replied.
During my researches in de earliest 1970s I did not
have that luck, as most companies denied they
ever manufactured specific items. What the hell!!
I had leaflets from some particular companies.

 

[OiiO]

Hello,

This wax torch was developed by Hans Dietel under the name "Fackel aus mit Wachs getränkter Zellstoffwatte" "Torch made of wax-soaked cellulose wadding" and filed as a utility model on October 31, 1934.

Best regards, Pele

 

[OiiO]

Hello,

I forgot the following
The Company Wachsindustrie Fulda Adam Gies filed another utility model on January 16, 1935.
A wooden stick is no longer used as a carrier, but rather a cardboard tube.

Best regards, Pele

 

[Strumble69]

I emailed the company and even tried to call but never heard back. I passed on the torches as many told me they would of been very easy to replicate post war

 

[wilhelm saris]

I emailed the company and even tried to call but never heard back. I passed on the torches as many told me they would of been very easy to replicate post war

I am not wondered at all. Most German concerns do not like it to be reminded
to WWII and the Nazis.