Original Imperial German WWI Feldfernsprecher Field Telephone Sets by Siemens - 2 Items Category_Snider Rifle Accessories After not receiving a replacement

After not receiving a replacement for the leather pickelhaube from the Prussian War Ministry

- Left chest bears a hand painted insignia for the 42nd bomb squadron

instead of the M4's cloth cover

The German occupation authorities gradually lost control over the situation

2nd September 1898

Original Imperial German WWI Feldfernsprecher Field Telephone Sets by Siemens - 2 Items Category_Snider Rifle Accessories After not receiving a replacementOriginal Items: Only One Lot of 2 Available. This is a lovely pair of fairly heavy "Feldfernsprecher" or "Field Telephones" that were in use by German Imperial Army signalers in the 2nd and 3rd line positions or at headquarters. The first such "Feldfernsprecher" was introduced between 1905 and 1910 and is referred to as "Feldfernsprecher alter Art". The next version of this "Old Model of Field Telephone" was the "Iron Field Telephone" of 1915. The