Original Imperial German WWI Feldfernsprecher Field Telephone Sets by Siemens - 2 Items Japanese Flags The M1916 design had side-mounted

The M1916 design had side-mounted horn-like ventilator lugs that were intended to be support for an additional steel brow plate or Stirnpanzer

indicating production in the 3rd month of the 16th year of the Showa era

There appears to be a marking from WATERVLIET Arsenal on the back of the belt loop

Manby" which research tells us was a "Boyhood Friend of Horatio Nelson" and was the inventor of the "MANBY MORTAR" which appears to have been a shore based line throwing mortar used to reach ship's in peril

Much of the fuzzy "nap" on the exterior is missing

Original Imperial German WWI Feldfernsprecher Field Telephone Sets by Siemens - 2 Items Japanese Flags The M1916 design had side-mountedOriginal 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