SHOWCASE 7R. CELL 7-41
German
Field Telephones of WW I
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Streckenfernsprecher
15 - Miners telephone, model 1907, used by German
Imperial Army communications troops at the beginning of
WW I when constructing permanent wire lines. To
be continued after the picture set...
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Portable
telephone of this type was listed in "Taschenhandbuch
für Feldtelegrafisten" issued in 1917 for German
Imperial army communications troops. Carbon
microphone and electromagnetic receiver were placed
back-to-back near the operator's ear. Such
portable telephones were produced in Germany up to late
1930s. Our sample has a capacitor inside marked
"3.39".
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