Hindenburg light

The Hindenburg light or Hindenburglicht was a source of tallow lighting used in the trenches of the First World War, named after the Commander-in-Chief of the German army in World War I, Paul von Hindenburg.

A short wick (Docht) in the center was lit and burned for some hours.

If both wicks are lit, a common, broad flame (zungenfoermige Flamme) results.

[1] The Hindenburg light is mentioned in the novels Stalingrad [fr], "Die Entdeckung der Currywurst" by Uwe Timm and Berlin by Theodore Plievier, as used on the Eastern Front and in air raid shelters respectively.

Also it is mentioned in Wheels of Terror by Sven Hassel and In Deadly Combat: A German Soldier's Memoir of the Eastern Front by Gottlob Herbert Biedermann.