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The electrical cigar-lighter was invented and patented in the early 1880s by the German inventor Friedrich Wilhelm Schindler (de). In the 1890s, these tools were sold as electrical cigar lighters (Cigarrenanzuender), and later as Zigarrenanzuender in the major German warehouse catalogues.
Flint wheel lighters were the first lighters to make a mark. A typical 1920s lighter looked like the image to the left, and was probably carried around in the purse of a positively chic woman! In the 1920s, lighters were still somewhat of a luxury for smokers.