Original Soviet WWII U.S. Lend Lease Model 2005-W Field Telephone by Connecticut Telephone & Electric Russian Field Gear Wellington Regiment

Wellington Regiment

The 474th FG was the only one of the three Ninth Air Force groups equipped with the P-38 in England that had trained with the type in the United States

Testing took place in the late 1930s

One point of note is that the reverse side of the prop is painted brown

Very decorative and still useful

Original Soviet WWII U.S. Lend Lease Model 2005-W Field Telephone by Connecticut Telephone & Electric Russian Field Gear Wellington RegimentOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is the little known model 2005 W field telephone which were sent through the Lend Lease program to the Soviet Union during World War Two. The much more well known EE 8 model telephones were also sent through this program. The model 2005 W is hybrid of the Soviet wartime era wood cased TAI 43 phones, with American designs internally. These were made by Connecticut telephone and electric. This pair came out of an