Repro FF33 Field Phone Crank hygiene It was pretty common for

It was pretty common for people to take whatever they could and then end up having no real use for it so they would just save the stuff

One of the sheets in missing and the top one has some staining

We originally thought it might have been a game piece container but the image in the Bakelite is too similar to the collar studs so I now believe that is what it was for

It is just a variation in the the lacquer coating

Repro FF33 Field Phone Crank hygiene It was pretty common forReproduction FF33 German field phone cranks. We reproduced a later version made from all steel parts so these are much more sturdy than their pot metal counterparts. We have encountered many different styles of cranks and even several variations of this all steel crank; we picked the crank that was strongest first then easiest to produce to provide a good, sturdy, reproduction crank for less money. These were copied from the original tan example in