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T&N pre-war table and wall telephoneProduced from 1935 to 1952, this telephone has a highly characteristic sit up and beg design. Notable features of the pre-war version include the all-metal dial, curiously over-large handset and the cow-bell gongs of the ringer; Bakelite was substituted for cast aluminium in the cradle in 1938. The dial sometimes has letters as well as numerals, arranged in the German style. The post-war model had a standard German Post Office handset and a plastic finger wheel for the dial. The equivalent wall set was made of black stove-enamelled steel, with Bakelite handset hanging at the left-hand side and two nickelled bell gongs on top of the case. Based on a German Post Office design of 1919, this telephone was supplied both before and after the war. Colours: Users: Illustrations:
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Last revised: January 31, 2021FM2 |