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I was wondering if I could get some help identifying an old Western Electric phone box with a handset, I believe it is military issue field telephone but might be civilian telephone TESt Switchboard? it is marked ![[Linked Image from pic15.picturetrail.com]](https://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL626/2385191/18738420/297394520.jpg)
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On the data plate, does it have an 11 digit number (example: 1111-111-1111), or maybe a 13 digit number (example: 1111-111-11-1111)? If it has an 11 digit number, then that number represents a "Federal Stock Number" or FSN. The 13 digit number represents a "National Stock Number", NSN. The military started using NSN's, as a replacement to the FSN, sometime around 1975. So if you have either one of those on the data plate, then it's most likely military issue.
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If it's a nine-digit number, then it's a comcode. That would make it a commercial piece of equipment.
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hello, thanks all for the replies , it is marked
D86418, and further investigation has turned up it as a LINEMEN's TEST Telephone?..not sure though
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Here it is on ebay.. $19.99, 4+ days left Ebay Is this you?
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"Well informed people know it is impossible to transmit the voice over wires. Even if it were, it would be of no practical value" Boston Post, 1865
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