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Pocket flashlight (torch) — marbled blue plastic with pink bezel
Object/Artifact
Hand-held flashlight with a cylindrical barrel molded in marbled pale-blue plastic, widening to a flared rectangular head. The head is fitted with a salmon-pink bezel ring retaining a clear lens over a metal reflector. A slide on/off switch sits midway along the barrel: a raised molded boss with a black ribbed thumb-slider flanked by molded directional arrows. The flat battery end cap is impressed "СДЕЛАНО В СССР" and pierced at center, through which a braided cord wrist loop is threaded and knotted on the inside.
2025.11.54
2025.11
Purchase
U.S.S.R.
Eastern Europe
Europe
Maker: Unidentified Soviet factory — country-of-origin mark only, no plant name or model. Date: Soviet-era (USSR; pre-1991). Circa 1970s–1980s (tentative, by type). Firmly within the collection's range as a USSR product; exact year unconfirmed.
Battery end cap impressed "СДЕЛАНО В СССР" (Made in USSR). Molded up/down directional arrows flanking the slide switch. No model number.
Plastic
Materials: Molded plastic — marbled pale-blue body, salmon-pink bezel; metal reflector; clear lens (glass or plastic); black plastic slide switch; braided cord wrist loop. Technique: Injection-molded housing with swirled-pigment (marbled) effect; molded relief lettering and arrows; assembled with metal reflector and lens; cord-strung by hand.
Good
U.S.S.R.
Eastern Europe
Europe
A common Soviet consumer pocket torch; the "Сделано в СССР" mark confirms USSR origin, and the marbled pastel plastic with rectangular reflector points to 1970s–80s production. No factory mark, so a specific plant cannot be assigned.