German field radio receiver
date: label: date made
content: c 1917
label: date made
content: ca 1917
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Marked: Plate reads: "Feldfu. b1. / 015964 44". German World War I type field radio receiver in an oddly shaped rectangular metal case. Panel controls include a wavelength adjustment with a dial calibrated from 212-240 meters. Other panel controls include frequency setting, loudness, and sensitivity. Near one tuning knob is the remark "Feind hort mit!" (Enemy listens in!) A headphone is included and also a voltage identifying lamp. Battery compartment in case. Phonetic German alphabet is printed on the panel cover.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Franklin Wingard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.321670
label: catalog number
content: 321670
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: radio receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 13 in x 4 3/4 in; 35.56 cm x 33.02 cm x 12.065 cm