These are German style alcohol irons.
Josef Feldmeyer patented his smoothing iron in 1900 andand there are a lot of other manufacturers whose alcohol smoothing irons looked and operated much like Feldmeyer's irons.
Josef Feldmeyer's 1st U.S. patent for his alcohol smoothing iron.
Josef Feldmeyer's 2nd U.S. patent for his alcohol smoothing iron.
AMOR iron Pat. by Otto Staudt, Leipzg, Germany. This iron is not in my collection.
B & B iron from Chelsea, Michigan. This iron is in Theo Vandenberk's collection.
Top view of B & B iron.
Another top view of B & B iron
Good advice on this rear tank of B & B iron.
Pyro Iron No. 302. This iron is identical to the B & B iron above.
Other side of Pyro Iron.
"Denaturate" iron from Russia. The wicking material is sticking out of the top of the tank when it should all be in the tank. This iron is not in my collection.
Top view of Feldmeyer type iron from Russia.
ENZ iron no. 01234 from "GMT & BROS, NY, GERMANY". This iron is in Theo Vandenberk's collection.
Other side view of ENZ iron.
George L. Marion Manfacturing Company of New York, New York made this Feldmeyer type iron.
Top view of Marion Iron.
Marion Iron Instructions
Feldmeyer alcohol iron. This iron is not in my collection.
Top view Feldmeyer Alcohol iron.
Feldmeyer travel iron. Due to it's smaller size, this iron would be considered a travel iron. See size comparison below.
Top of the tank view for this Feldmeyer travel iron.
Feldmeyer travel iron showing size comparison when compared to a Coleman 4-A iron.
An unknown alcohol iron in George Kyle's collection.
A. Kramer spirit iron from the UK. A. Kramer & Sons were eventually purchased by Kenrick & Sons.
Top view of Kramer alcohol iron tank.
Matador Alcohol iron. This iron is in George Kyle's collection.
Top of the tank view of Matador alcohol iron.
A Meyer & Weyhausen alcohol iron from Bremen, Germany.
Top view of Meyer & Weyhausen iron.
Omega alcohol iron.
Top of tank veiw of this Omega alcohol iron.
Read's "England's Best" spirit iron of London, England. This iron is from around 1908.
"SIMPLICISSIMUS PATENT A, GES. GESCH". This iron is not in my collection.
SONNE iron (German for 'SUN'). This iron is not in my collection.
SUNO German alcohol iron. This iron is not in my collection.
WAMA spirit iron from Germany was distributed by Reed Manufacturing Company of London, England. This iron is from the mid 1920's.
Top of the tank view of the WAMA iron.
Unknown Feldmeyer type iron. This iron is not in my collection.
Unknown Feldmeyer type alcohol iron. This iron is not in my collection.
Another unknown Feldmeyer type iron. This is very similar to the above iron.
Other side view of unknown Feldmeyer type iron.
Feldmeyer type miniature iron from Theo Vandenberk's collection.
Burner assembly view of Feldmeyer type miniature iron.