I believe these are comparable the 312, probably Post WW2. Possibly
these are still made.
The Label says:
Vers.Nr. 5810-12-152-7103 1980]K-FFsp 66.3506.720 2643016
DFG Deutsche Fernsprecher Gesellschaft MBG
Baumuster Standard Elektrik Lorenz AG
11/61
The dial adjunct (sort of equivalent to the DTMF adjunct I have
for the
312 sits on top of the unit. It is labelled:
(First label)
Vers.Nr. 5810-12-153-6834 Bauj. 1980
K Zs-F Fsp-66.3506.500 2665161
(Second label)
VS-NUR FUR DEN DIENSTGEBRAUCH
(Third label)
NUR LAGERFAHIG VON
-30 degrees C BIS +65 degrees C
The came with some paper work, but it is all in German
Cheers
Rolf
Hungarian Field Phone...
The Hungarian field phone was
likely made by ITT's Telefongyar R. T.
subsidiary in Budapest. which
had fallen under German control during WW II.
Prior to WW II that factory
was the principal (and maybe the only) producer
of telephone sets in Hungary.
It made ITT's pre-war European classic type
2724 self-contained handset
phone and also manufactured, under a sub
contract with LM Ericsson, phones
with Ericsson's name on them. (I have
one of each in my collection,
the latter thanks to Andrew Emerson in the
UK.) ITT recuperated that plant
briefly after WW II until it was taken over
by the communist government
that came to power in Hungary. It was renamed
Budavox and continued to make
telephone equipment throughout the communist
years. I used to run into
Budavox telephones, pay phones, dial PBXs and
manual toll boards exported
to Argentina after WW II. There are several of
each in the telephone museum
in Buenos Aires. The switchboard parts were
interchangeable with those of
Western Electric. That plant had originally
been part of International Western
Electric before it was sold to ITT in
1925. It's a small world
you know.
Roger Conklin
My best guess is that it is Hungarian.
This phone is quite similar to a German field phone
I own (see German
Phone page), so possibly it was made to German specifications.
On the top cover it says: VIGYAZZ! AZ ELLENSEG LEHALLGAT.
It also has
phonetic alphabet in the same language.
"BEWARE! THE ENEMY IS LISTENING"
Inside are two wiring diagrams. One is labeled: Elvi
Kapcsolas. Szamtarcsa.
No other apparent markings.
Rolf Taylor
