SHOWCASE 7L. CELL 7-11
German
Field Telephones of WW I
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iTD3 (Eiserner
Armeefernsprecher) - "Iron" Army field
telephone, early model 1913 with phonetic signaling.
Rectangular telephone body made of iron and covered with
black leather. Talk key on the right side. Wooden earpiece
typical to late 1916 makes. Manufactured by Paul
Hardegen & Co. To
be continued after the picture set...
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The
talk key of "Eiserner Armeefernsprecher" is located on its
right side and needs to be rotated 90 degrees before talking. The
white Calling Button (Summerknopf) is on the front side of the
rectangular telephone body while black key (incoming signal strength
increase) remained on the left side where it
used to be in the 1905 model, the "Armeefernsprechgerät alter
Art".
Length
of the telephone - 275 mm, receiver diameter - 100 mm,
weight - 1.3 kg. We
have another sample of Eiserner Armeefernsprecher in our
Showcase
No. 12.
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