Ignition

Svenska Tändsticks AB

The associated numbers are 1454-1473, 2135-2136.Ignition knitters, gene gas, “Three Stars.”Blue and red cardboard box with a cut-in box. On the blue field, which is 85 mm long, stands with red pressure “Three Stars, Free from the regulations on explosive goods - protect the ashes for shocks.” With white print “Gengast sticks Svenska Tändsticks Aktiebolaget.” On the red field, 35 mm long, three stars are depicted and “Patented.” On the short sides stand in equally long fields on the blue “Ignition against matches.” On the red field “price 75 penny (incl. oms.-tax).” In the box are 10 pieces of wooden, 25 mm visible, then dipped in slightly silver with a tip of yellow. By tearing this against matches, the knitwear was brought to ignite. Gengas was used in the Second World War as a substitute for gasoline.