Item:
ON1223

Original WWII US Army Signal Corps BD-71 Field Telephone Switchboard - NOS Complete Set

Item Description

Original Item: Only One Available. This is a mint condition, WWII issue, complete BD71 switchboard set by Leich Electric. It still has the original paper shop tag from 1953 when the U.S. Army inventoried and serviced it with all the details in handwritten pencil. Included with the switchboard are the following items:

- Chest microphone still wrapped in cardboard

- Headset assembly HS-30-U still sealed in paper foil bag with stock number 2B830.

- Microphone T-45 still sealed in paper foil bag.

- Headset cord still sealed in paper foil bag.

- Insert m-300 still sealed in paper foil bag.

- Spare Lamp in cardboard box.

- Manuals in paper foil bag which has been opened. Manuals include: Preliminary instruction for BD-71, BD-72 , TM11-330 - Switchboards BD-71, BD-72, BD-72-A, and BD-72-B manual with cover and inserts.

- Original wood case that has fold out field legs not often encountered on many models.

Offered in excellent unissued 1953 restored condition Original data plate reads:

Signal Corps U.S. ARMY
Switchboard BD-71

 

We have not tested for functionality of switchboard or phones but all parts appear to be present and in superb unissued condition, however, we cannot guarantee functionality.

Technical specs of the BD-71:

Field or camp monocord 6 Line Switchboard, cabinet style, self-enclosing, with handles and carrying strap; not requiring packing case. Total weight about 48 pounds, packed. Equipment is accessible from front, top and rear of cabinet. Line drop acts as ring-off or re-ring drop. A lamp on each side of switchboard furnishes illumination for night operation. Lower half of front acts as writing shelf and has a sheet of white pyrolin erasable writing surface for diagrams or other data. Trunks to other switchboards must be of the ringdown type. Simplex coils provided on two line units for telegraph or phantom use. Two BD-71 switchboards can be used together to double capacity. Spark gaps provided on lines. Includes hand generator for ringing.

 

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