This page lists the Frowo lanterns I own or have owned and lanterns from friends. It is not a complete overview of the range — Frowo built far more models than these. For a full model list and for dating, frowo.info is the reference I use myself.

For the company background, see the separate page:

The models below are ordered by model number. Frowo's numbering does not run from large to small the way Feuerhand's does, so the sequence tells you little about size. Each model appears once, even where Frowo produced several variations of it over the years.

Produced from 1937 until around 1943. Height 16.5 cm, 3''' burner, burn time about eighteen hours. Side-mounted glass lifter, cross-shaped globe guard.

This is the smallest fresh-air lantern Frowo built. It shares its burner, its glass lifter and its globe guard with the much better known 50, which appeared in the same year, but stands two centimetres shorter and burns about two hours less — the quickest way to tell the two apart when the tank marking has worn away.

The two models parted ways after that. The 50 stayed in production into the early 1970s; the 45 was dropped around 1943, so every example comes from the pre-war and war years.

This example comes from the collection of Erik Huigen.

Produced from 1937 until the early 1970s. Height 18.5 cm, 3''' burner, burn time around twenty hours. In size it sits close to the Feuerhand 175.

This example carries a compass rose on the tank rather than the usual dog's head. Frowo registered the dog with a lantern in its mouth as a trademark in 1926 and used it up to the point where the war ended lantern production. When production was rebuilt afterwards the compass rose took its place, on a small group of models: the 50, 55, 65 and 75 are the ones documented so far. Sometime after 1950 tank logos were dropped altogether in favour of hang tags and glass decals. The compass rose therefore points to the first postwar years.

The globe is the original one, with the Frowo logo still faintly visible. The lantern works, has a new wick, and shows the wear you would expect. The tank has been treated with sealer.

Produced between 1936 and 1971. Height 18.5 cm, burn time around twenty hours. Early examples have a 4.5''' burner, later ones a 5'''.

This one is in working condition. The tank carries the dog's head stamp and the filler cap is marked Mewa — a combination that dates it to roughly 1945–1955.

Introduced in 1935 and out of the range sometime before 1971. Height 25 cm, burn time around twenty hours. The 7''' burner of the early years was later replaced by a 5'''.

This example is not standard: the tank has been finished in real gold leaf, the tubes are blackened, and the top has been left in its original steel colour. The construction details point to the 1950s or 1960s.

The Frowo Nr. 65 was produced from 1935 until sometime before 1971. This is the version with the large fount, which holds more paraffin and burns considerably longer than the standard model. The construction points to the 1950s or 1960s.

The fount is embossed Frowo Nr. 65 Made in Germany. The globe is the original marked one.

New old stock: never used, and in working order. Two small dents on the underside of the fount. Burns kerosene.

Height: 29 cm (11.4 in)

One of the larger models. Introduced in 1927 and still in production after 1971, with a 7''' burner and a burn time of around twenty hours. Height 31 cm without the handle.

New old stock from the 1960s or 1970s, unused, with its original tag still attached. The tank is marked Frowo No 75; the globe is stamped Solide – Made in Germany.

Introduced in 1925 and produced until sometime before 1971. 7''' burner, height 40 cm, burn time up to forty hours.

The 105 itself is a familiar model; this version is not. The dog's head stamped into the tank was used only before the Second World War and for a short period after it, and the Mewa filler cap narrows this example down to roughly 1946–1950. Rarer still is the globe, which carries the same dog emblem. The tank is marked "No. 105 Frowo – Made in Germany".

Introduced in 1927 and made until sometime before 1971. 10''' burner, height 34 cm — one of the larger lanterns in the Frowo range, and with that burner size one of the brightest.

This example is complete and in good condition, with its original marked globe. The construction details place it between 1963 and 1971.

Listed in Frowo's own catalogues as a camping or candle lantern. Height 19 cm excluding the handle. Beyond that little is documented; production was probably shortly before and/or just after the Second World War.

This example has survived unusually well. Most of the original sticker is still in place, the grey hammer-finish paint is intact, and the internal spring mechanism still works as it should.

A candle lantern, and a rare one. Height 19 cm excluding the handle.

The glass does not close fully at the bottom. That is how it left the factory: the 333 was assembled shortly after the Second World War from whatever material was available, including parts intended for gas masks. Period catalogues list it simply as a candle lantern.

Most of the original paint is still on this example, and the glass is original and marked.

Produced from 1933 until Frowo stopped making lanterns in 1990. 10''' burner, height 38–39 cm.

The glass is marked Frowo – Made in GDR, so this one was built in East Germany. The tank stamp reads "Made in Germany Dem. Rep" — the end of "Republic" was never struck, which suggests the marking was not applied with much precision.

In the range from 1930 until the end of lantern production. Height 34 cm. Early examples have a 7''' burner and run for about twenty-five hours; from around the 1980s an S-version appeared with a 5''' burner and a burn time closer to eighteen hours.

This is the variant with the small lever that lifts the globe. Frowo also built the 420 without that mechanism. The construction details suggest the 1960s or 1970s.

Produced from the early 1930s until shortly before 1971. 7''' burner, height 38 cm, burn time around twenty-five hours.

The construction details place this example in the 1960s.

Introduced in 1932 and still made well after 1971, which makes it one of the longer-running models in the range. Most examples have a 5''' burner, stand about 33 cm tall and burn for around twenty hours.

This is the version built for the Dutch agency Brone NV, recognisable by its globe: a dog with a hurricane lantern in its mouth. The Brone version was produced for a short period only, probably between 1955 and 1960.

More on the agency and how these lanterns were distributed on my Frowo Brone page.

The 770 is not a lantern in its own right but a housing, built from 1954 until about 1965 in three versions:

The Gespannleuchte GL 770 for use on a trailer.
The tail lamp RL 770
The same tail lamp as a warning block, RLW 770.

Inside each sits a variant of the Frowo 50 — 3''' burner, 18.5 cm, burn time around twenty hours. The tail lamps were patented in 1954, which is why the housings carry a D.P. mark for Deutsches Patent. From roughly 1965 the 870 took over and stayed in production after 1971.

Two of the three versions are shown here. The GL 770 is complete and works; its globe is unmarked. The RL 770 has three reflectors set into the housing and keeps its original grey finish; the globe was painted red at some point and that paint has faded. On both, the lantern is marked Frowo Nr. 770 and the housing Frowo D.P. Height 24 cm including the housing, width 17 cm including the hook, hook opening 38 mm.

Neither has a globe lift, which makes them awkward to use. The easiest way to light one is to hold the chimney ring and work a lighter in between the chimney and the globe. To put it out, lift the globe rest slightly, turn the flame down and blow hard.

The third version, the RLW 770, is the same tail lamp built as a warning block. It is not shown here.

Not a hurricane lantern but a small oil lamp, and one that is seldom seen. Height 22 cm.

The holder pivots in both directions, so the lamp can be used on a table or mounted on a wall — a construction that appears on no other Frowo model of the period. The reservoir is marked Frowo No 1020 Germany Make, the wick wheel Made in Germany. Documentation is thin; production was probably shortly after the Second World War.