I have had an old (German?) crank phone for years. I was curious about its history. Maybe someone here can be helpful. Album in description | AskHistorians Archive Observer

I have had an old (German?) crank phone for years. I was curious about its history. Maybe someone here can be helpful. Album in description

by Consinneration

This album has pictures of the phone. I picked it up years ago at an antique surplus store and I don't know really anything about it.

foreander

That's a Bundeswehr field telephone, made by Standard Elektrik Lorenz (SEL) which later became Alcatel SEL and is now part of Alcatel-Lucent.