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Originally Posted by G6Tanuki
The other was three smaller 1.5V cells side-by-side in a cardboard jacket with rounded sides, with a pair of springy brass contacts on one end. They were used in some sort of small flashlights. Was "1289" the number?
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It was. Though they weren't much used here except in flat, hip flask like pocket torches, they were very popular usually in pairs for powering various radios from continental Europe; and I've a Russian multimeter which employs one. Still fairly readily available by post if not in shops.
Paul