SHOWCASE 12. CELL 12-12
Telephones
of Field Artillery
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iTD6 (125
A) - Swiss telephone for field artillery with
phonetic signaling made in 1935. No name of manufacturer but we believe that this field
telephone was made by "Hasler A.-G." of Bern. To
be continued after the picture set...
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Housed
in a wooden cabinet, using 3 VDC internal battery. WHD = 325 х 250 х 130 mm,
weight (less battery) 4.8 kg
We
have in our possession, pictures of similarly looking field telephone 366 A
where the name of manufacturer could be seen - "Hasler A.-G., Bern".
Model
125 A definitely bears a resemblance to German telephone for field
artillery of 1914. No wonder because by the beginning of 20th century, "Hasler
A.-G." of Bern used to buy licenses for field telephones and other
equipment at Siemens & Halske in Germany. On
one of the capacitors inside model 125 A, the date "III 35"
could be clearly seen which proves that such field artillery
telephones, model 1914, have been supplied to Swiss army even by
late 1930s.
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