Physical description

Silver coloured metal lighter. It has a cylinder to one side which has vertical line markings. The cylinder also has a rusted metal band around it. The top of the cylinder has 5 lines of little dot markings which go round the circumference of the top. Attached to the cylinder is a rectangular piece of metal. This has the spark wheel in it. The spark wheel is at the same end as the rusted metal band.
The base of the lighter has a maker's mark attributing it to Imco Triplex.

Inscriptions & markings

IMCO TRIPLEX / Patent Austria