Original German WWI Imperial German ArmeeFernsprecher Alter Art Model 1905 Trench Phone Receiver Replica Non-Firing Machine Guns These telephones were locally powered

These telephones were locally powered by a battery (this mode of operation was called “OB” or “Ortsbatterie Betreib”)

The early issue aluminum liner band is marked on the left outer side with 64 nA / 57

This new trend emerged from the trenches of World War I where steel helmets greatly reduced casualties

and still has the original battle sight attached

Its largest military engagement was the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968 (with the participation of all Pact nations except Albania and Romania)

Original German WWI Imperial German ArmeeFernsprecher Alter Art Model 1905 Trench Phone Receiver Replica Non-Firing Machine Guns These telephones were locally poweredOriginal Item: Only One Available. In modern warfare communication is an essential part of command and control. From the end of the 19th century, technology started to play an increasingly important role in battlefield communication. By the First World War, extensive use was being made of wire communication and the first relatively primitive mobile radio stations came into being. The development of field telephone equipment started in the late 19th