Earphone

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OBJECT TYPE: AIRCRAFT/RADIO/HEADSET
DATE: 1946
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1993.0443.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Germany

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: STEEL EARPHONES & HEAD BAND; PLASTIC EARPHONE HOUSINGS; METAL CONNECTOR & CONNECTOR HOUSING; FABRIC COVERED CABLE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 18.0 cm
Width: 12.5 cm
Height: 6.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Radio
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Germany
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: POSSIBLY WWII (1939-1945); EAGLE ON RECEIVER HOUSINGS APPEARS NAZI GERMAN
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO FACILITATE RECEPTION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS BY AIR CREW
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering on both earphone housings reads: "Dfh.a/Wa.A.770/41"; raised lettering inside depressed circular field between prongs on connector reads: "F819/1"
Missing: N/A
Finish: PREDOM. BLACK; BRASS CONNECTOR PRONGS; SILVER-GREY HEADBAND (BADLY DISCOLOURED FROM TARNISH & RUST)
Decoration: FAINT OUTLINE OF EAGLE SURMOUNTING CIRCULAR FIELD ON BOTH EARPHONE HOUSINGS

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Unknown Manufacturer, Earphone, before 1946, Artifact no. 1993.0443, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0443.001/

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