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Produced during the 1930s, there is very little known documentation of De Luxe Golden Wheel Lighter models and much of the info here has been deduced. Designed in 1932 by Axel Kilstrom and assigned to Lederer, the original patent drawing for these lighters shows an open thumb-press design. All examples of this version shown here are unbranded; they are presumably the first De Luxe Golden Wheel model. A second version with an enclosed thumb-press design appears in 1933 advertising, branded and unbranded examples are pictured here. The second version De Luxe Golden Wheels are quite similar to Evans Trig-A-Lite lighters. (EB)