Unknown magneto

[BRIAN MARSHALL]

I wonder if anyone out there can help me identify a magneto that I removed from a Scott ‘basket case’ over twenty years ago. It is actually a four-cylinder mag, and just two of the four HT connections were used on the Scott. It is inscribed “Magneto RB Type 10/4 W”. The two horseshoe magnets are stamped “Jacob Holtzer”. I wondered if RB might stand for Robert Bosch, and that the word Bosch wasn’t marked on it so as to avoid the anti-German feelings common in the years following World War 1.
All comments gratefully received.
Brian

[BRIAN MARSHALL]

After a search on the Internet, I have found that it is indeed a Bosch product, but made in France in about 1921. They were fitted to many four cylinder vehicles of the period, such as Amilcar, Bugatti, Citroen, Peugeot, Salmson, etc.. If you know anyone who could use it please let me know. It sparks well, but feels a bit rough to turn over so will probably need a rebuild, or at least a good stiff looking-at. I’m looking for £200, or would gladly exchange for vintage three-speeder Scott parts.
Brian

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