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Air-raid-hand pump (˜1944)
In this collection since: 26.05.2010 |
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Unit air-raid-hand pump from Germany.
The hand sprayer was used in World War II in millions of German households. It was intended to delet fire bombs or incipient fires. The hand sprayer was a construction of an iron tube, piston and water hose. She was used in a water-filled container (metal bucket, bathtub). Then pumped, by lifting up and down the piston. The pump has a tube length of 2.5 m, a tube diameter of about 18mm, the tube was made of rubber and had a ½ "threaded with screw-on nozzle. This generated a deletion one beam of about 7 m radius. The entire pump is about 63cm high.
On the red label the following information must be read:
Unit air-raid-hand sprayer
Oskar Butte Bautzen
RL2-40 / 3
Sales authorized under § 8 Air Protection Law
Maximum price RM14.50
The § 8 of the RLG (Air Protection Law) was as follows:
"Those who want to sell equipment or funds for the air raid or give information on issues of air safety lessons, lectures, publish pamphlets or otherwise distribute, show pictures or movies in public or air safety exhibitions organized, subject to the approval of the Reich Minister of Aviation or his determined points. "
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