Falk Veritas, a UK company, made this Veritas Model P9955B lantern.
It is a 300 cp kerosene burning model.
This model has a tip cleaner at the top of the generator
and is operated via a linkage that runs through the base plate (missing here).
This lantern is in Neil McRae's collection.

Falk also made these Veritas Models 350 (left) and Superb (right) lanterns,
both seen here working, a difficult feat as they are temperamental.
The Superb lantern has a burner that looks similar to Coleman cast brass burner units
but the generator is in the same style as Tilley and Bialaddin vaporisers.
These lanterns are in Neil McRae's collection.
Both models were produced in several finishes.

This Handi Kero-Pet lantern, Model-3 was made
by the Handi Works Pty. Ltd. in Australia.
It has a nickel plated brass fount and black porcelain enamel ventilator.
Both the base rest and frame are steel
while the burner assembly and air intake tube are brass.
The curved glass globe, from Scotland, is marked "HANDI PYREX."
This lantern is in Shinzo Kono's collection.

The Thermidor brand lantern was manufactured by Samuel Heath & Sons, UK,
probably in the 1950's.
The fount, controls, burner and base are the same
as on this Veritas bowl fire (radiant heater).
The lantern on the left belongs to John Mountstevens;
the running Thermidor on the right is in Neil McRae's collection.

The Hipolito, Model H-502 Automatic lantern in the Petromax genre,
was manufactured by Casa Hipolito SARL in Portugal
This lantern was owned by a gentleman in Florida who used it for fishing.
It was cleaned and polished to its original splendor
by Steve at English Custom Polishing.

Erik Leger got this early Model 214 AIDA lantern,
manufactured by Hirschhorn Aktiengesellschaft,
in poor condition but he was able to get it running as seen in this image.
The burner tip is enlarged so it uses kerosene rapidly.
The bail is off the lantern in this image
but it has a mica globe from the period.
Note the antlered deer (Hirschhorn in German) logo on the pump handle.

AIDA also made Model 1250 Express Record (left), Express (center) & 1500 Express Record (right) lanterns.
The Aida brand after WWII was made by Graetz Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH in Germany
along with their Petromax brand, according to Neil McRae, and only differ in the nameplate.
The Express Records (left and right) differ from the Express (center) by having a plastic vs. metal preheater handle.
The two Model 1250s, in Doron Papo's collection, are 250cp, while Model 1500, in Fil Graff's collection, is 500cp.

Primus is a brand name of Aktiebolaget B.A. Hjorth, Sweden.
Their lantern models 981 (left) and 991 (right) are small,
single-mantled, and kerosene burning.
Model 981 is date stamped AD which is 1939
while Model 991 is date stamped AT which is 1954.
Model 981 is in Will Nelle's collection.
Originally nickel plated, the Model 991 lantern has been polished to brass.
It is in Neil McRae's collection.

Neil McRae has identified 3 Primus models that were made in WWII
that were converted from kerosene burners to alcohol burners
due to a shortage of fuels.
This 391 lantern, in Magnus Thilander's collection, is one of these models.
A 200cp lantern, it is dated 1940 and has the original model plate
covered by the Model 391 plate.

This Model 1001 Primus was made in 1931.
Frederik Tivemark restored it including
a reproduction mica globe, an option for this model.
The lantern is unusual in having two air tubes
meet the generator below the burner.
The mantle is tied above and below as on a Tilley.

This Primus Model 1020 lantern (left) is brass
rather than nickel plated brass.
It was made in 1931 and is in Magnus Thilander's collection.
This model is a 300cp kerosene fueled lantern.
Primus Model 1320 (right), in Frederik Tivemark's collection,
was made in 1941 using the Model 1020 but with different generator parts to burn alcohol.

Primus made an acetylene fueled lantern, Model 1031.
The silver upper chamber holds water
which is dripped at a controlled rate (upper left valve)
on calcium carbide crystals in the lower chamber to produce acetylene.
The flame lacks a mantle and provides a modest light.
This lantern was repainted by a previous owner.

Model 1051 is an earlier model (1930 left and center), 1937 (right) with two mantles & gasoline fueled.
The torch (center) is kept in an alcohol supplied fount well
and can be removed to preheat the generator.
There is a blow torch preheater on the 1937 version
that produces a gentle flame only.
These lanterns are in Neil McRae's collection.

This Primus Model 1060 lantern is a gasoline, not a kerosene model,
and is a copy of the Coleman 236 Major -
note the fuel cap, globe, and generator tip cleaner lever.
This lantern, dated 1954, was originally owned
by an employee of Primus and has never been used.

Primus Model 1080 is a 400cp kerosene lantern
that was available with an alcohol preheater cup (as seen here)
or a kerosene preheater torch.
It also came with a mica globe rather than a glass globe (Neil McRae).
This lantern, in Steve & Jill Wood's collection, is dated AC=1938.
The nickel plating on the ventilator was removed during restoration.

Hovic Verk in Norway made this Primus Model 1082
under license and apparently did not sell these products outside of Norway,
according to Neil McRae, the owner of this lantern.
This model burns kerosene, is preheated with an alcohol cup,
and is rated at 300cp.

This is a Model 102 Standard lantern
made by Hovic Verk in Norway.
While this model superficially resembles Primus models
it has several unique features so it is not just rebadged.
This lantern is in Neil McRae's collection.

Aktiebolaget Lux, Stockholm, Sweden,
made this single mantle, gasoline fueled, 250 cp lantern
that had the model or code name Sirius.
Bo Ryman dates this model to 1914-20.
Christer Carlsson, whose collection this is in, has cleaned and run the lantern.
The generator includes a tip cleaner and preheater cup that can be filled from above.

Translation of the Chinese on the shade and fount of this lantern
suggests that the lantern was made in the '30's by a Chinese Co.
for Molese & Co. of Germany.
Originally the brass lantern was covered with a protective? black material.
The globe supports have rusted through and no longer connect to the globe base.
Images by Neil McRae.