Germany, Federal Republic. A 1972 Munich Olympic Games Commemorative Lighter Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Footnote: The 1st Tank Battalion

Footnote: The 1st Tank Battalion was organized on July 1

He died on November 5

the reverse marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and maker code “M1/6” for Karl Hensler

supplied by R

the personalized inscriptions in handwritten black ink (noted in quotation marks in the copy)

Germany, Federal Republic. A 1972 Munich Olympic Games Commemorative Lighter Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Footnote: The 1st Tank Battalion(Feuerzeug der XX. Olympischen Spiele 1972 in Mnchen). A fine quality 1972 Munich Olympic Games commemorative lighter, consisting of a perfectly scaled replica of the official torch, constructed of plated magnetic steel, the handle bearing inscriptions of SPIELE DER XX. OLYMPIADE and MNCHEN 1972 flanked by Olympic rings, while the sparkwheel and combustion tube appear functional, measuring 10. 5 cm (w) x 30 cm (h), demonstrating minor loss of finish