Original WWII U.S. Army Signal Corps Set of Two EE-8-B Field Telephones with DR-8-A Wire Spool Category_MG 34 Mounts The switch still works as

The switch still works as well as the hand crank

+/- as this example is marked indicates nominal weight

Years of Manufacture: circa 1750

1791 almost certainly the initials of the owner with the date he acquired it

All Gibson Girl frequencies are internationally reserved for distress signals

Original WWII U.S. Army Signal Corps Set of Two EE-8-B Field Telephones with DR-8-A Wire Spool Category_MG 34 Mounts The switch still works asOriginal Items: Only One Set Available. From 1935 to the Vietnam War, the US military used the EE 8 field telephone. The maximum transmission distance was 7 miles, using a wired line. The EE 8 uses D cell batteries to power the electric signal that sends the signal through the wire to the other phone. It uses a hand cranked dynamo to generate the charge that signals the phone on the other end of the line. During World War II, the phone was preferred