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Object Name |
Telephone |
Description |
One German Army Field telephone handset - from World War One. - would have been attached to a wooden box - the Army Field Telephone, and is very heavy in weight. - is shaped like an ordinary telephone handset but the body is made from metal painted green. - has an ear piece which is lined with black leather and the rim is made from wood. - the speaker end has a brass ring covered in brass mesh. -the hand piece is covered in black leather which is missing on the top, and has 3 switches - 2 are round and made of bakelite, one white, the other black. The other switch is made from wood and is rectangular in shape. - has a metal hanging hook at the top of the handset. - has a cord of copper wire covered in beige cotton. The cord at the last quarter divides into piece each with a plug made from bakelite. The first plug is cylindrical in shape with 2 brass prongs out of the end. The second is rectangular in shape, covered in black tape as it has sustained some damage. It also has 2 brass prongs with 2 screw knobs on either side. - from the wood on the rim - TELEFON & TELEGRAPHENBAU GES FRANKFURT A/M 27355. |
Dimensions |
W-11 L-29 cm |
Provenance |
This German Army Field telephone handset would have been attached to a wooden box. Field telephones (mobile telephones) were intended for military use and designed to withstand wartime conditions. Field telephones replaced flag signals and the telegraph as an efficient means of communication. The first field telephones had a wind-up generator, used to power the telephone's ringer & batteries to send the call, and call the manually operated telephone central. This technology was used from the 1910s to the 1960s. |
Width (cm) |
11.000 |
People |
Taylor, F |
Subjects |
Telephone World War One WWI |
Search Terms |
Telephone World War One WWI |
Catalogue Number |
1900-862-001 |