This Model 1 stove included paperwork with printing dates of 1973 and/or ’74. This Bat brand, kerosene fueled tripod stove was made in the GDR (East Germany) after WWII by MEWA (Metall Warren Kombinat) at the Mewa Leipziger Werke VEB, Leipzig. Besides being embossed Jolp, it is embossed MODELE BREVETE (patented model) on the right side and MARQUE DEPOSEE (trademark) on the left side. The striking green enamel on the frame appears on other French stoves of various manufacture. Rob Radcliffe bought this stove in France. This stove has the same design as Coleman’s Model 372 King Hot Plate but the frame is embossed Jolp, a brand of Markt & Co. An example of the wrench mounted on an M-1942 stove can be seen here. The square post on the windscreen held a wrench (missing) to maintain the stove. The water transfer decal on the side of the tank has the operating instructions. The tip cleaner is a lever (left) separate from the star-shaped fuel valve. This stove, in John Rugotzke’s collection, can be compared to the stove just below this one.Īladdin made this M-1942 stove in 1944, a year after the one above. The operating instructions are on a metal tag soldered to the side of the tank. The toothed wheel both regulated the flame and incorporated a tip cleaner. This early version of the model was protected by U.S. of America made this Aladdin M-1942 stove for the military it is date stamped 1943. This stove was in Steve Winikates collection. The stove is also identified as the Kerogas brand but is labeled for gasoline only. Lindemann & Hoverson Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin probably made this Model 2 A stove in the 1920’s based on similarities to more well-known Coleman products. Iain Sedgman, whose collection this is in, dates this stove to 1948-51 based on ads for the stove.Ī.J. The top plate on this Lanray Eezy-Fyre stove frame differs from those above in having perforations in the plate rather than separate grate members. Lanray also made this Eezy-Fyre two burner stove, circa 1941-48, according to Iain Sedgman, whose collection this is in. Iain Sedgman provided the background research and examples of this and the two Eezy-Fyre stoves that follow. The black bottom tray has been repainted from the original brown. These parts are similar to but not the same as the parts on Companion and Handi brand stoves that were also made in Australia. The tanks, frames, and grates of these stoves are steel, probably due to wartime material restrictions. Based on advertising, this stove appears to have been an earlier model, circa 1941-48. Ltd., New South Wales, Australia, made Eezy-Fyre brand kerosene stoves in the 1940s and possibly into the early 1950s. The preheater cup and openings to the Venturi tubes also appear in the lowest image. Glenn Knapke, whose collection this stove and pump are in, found that the stove has an unusual fuel line/generator (lowest image) that wraps around the main burner as on the much later Coleman 501. This Hummer Camp Stove was made by the Kremer Metal Products Co., a company that existed in the mid-1920’s in Chicago, Illinois. The stove is not instant lighting and requires preheating. This gasoline fueled two burner stove, in Reese Williams’ collection, requires a separate pump (not shown) to pressurize the tank. 552 camp stove possibly in the early to mid 1920s based on the valve design. The Justrite Co., Chicago, Illinois, made this No.