Ola People

Today I received my brand new Cell Phone. I`m really happy with it. Bought it on the internet and it is in good condition considering it`s age. The Phone comes from 1944 and it is not modified. A lot of the German fieldphones were used by our Postal and Telecom services after the war and they made modifications on it. One thing I really like about it is that it is complete often things are missing like the winding device. Well I have some pics for you
A Bakelite Case

German Radio Alphabet

Winding Device

1942 marking on the winding device

Overview

Electric Wiring diagram

Electric Wiring Diagram 2

Original 1944 Battery

1944 stamp on Battery

More markings

Inside stamp


Hope you guys like it. I definately do. It is a nice addition for my own Collection

hehehe, as i said on MSN, this is nice one, and with this "cell phone" you can kill someone :-)

Great new phone you have there. What a piece of history. How did you ever find such a thing??
Mary (++)

Pretty cool piece of memorabilia you have there.

Funny you should call it a "cell phone." I worked at Radio Shack many, many moons ago. The cell phones we sold then were about as big as that thing, or even bigger. They cost about $1000, air time was about $50 a month, and you got, ready for this, 60 minutes of talk time for that. If you went over, big bucks. Compare that to today. They are as much of an antique as what you've got there.

very cool

:-) :-) :-) Is he still working?
Nice....... where did you get that????
Not stolen from the museum, I hope!!? :-) :-) :-) :-)

Hilbert :-)

Very cool phone you have there Robert!!! Cheers Kevin

Wow i love it ! nice find !
man i love german militaria !

You'll need a huge pocket for that cell phone :-)
Pretty cool phone.

Ola Guys and gal

Thanks for the comments.

@Mirko


Shall I call in to an Artillery Battalione and ask for a Nebelwerfer Barage :-) :-) :-)

@Mary


A guy on another forum that I visit regularly had three on sale. The other two were cheaper but were missing parts and were modified and therefor not that original

@Rodger


LOL you are right.... In Every hip 80`s movie you see these Cell Phones with the Size of an American Wireless set from WW2. You laugh about it now but when you had one in those days you would probably be a wealthy man.

@Hilbert


Well not with this battery :-) :-) :-) But when I hold the white button that is on the Cell Phone itself and I turn the winding device clockwise it rings... Pretty funny. And to assure you I simply bought it so I won`t get any troubles with the police.

@Kenaz


You got it right on the head. The germans made some really good stuff during the war years. And when you get it cheap it is even better

Thanks for the replies and comments

very nice, i'm surprised of the excellent condition it is in.

G'day Bob, very good mate, i know u were looking forward to this thing very much.
It has very nice weathering :-) but considering its age, it is in great condition!
cheers mate

Ola Guys

Thanks for the comments.

Shain
The phone is indeed in Excellent condition. That was what surprised me when I got it at home and did some cleaning on it.

David
You can`t get a better weathering like this :-)

I'm amazed at the excellent condition it's in, nice find Bob.

EDIT: Moved thread to this forum...

Shaun

Thanks Cliff!

I would just like to say what a find you have there. Just beautiful!!! Really nice "cell phone".