Panzer Headphones

[HJ-Collector]

ade has done it again

[Tietze]

Ade,

Thanks for posting more pics. I've now spent a some time removing the dust from under the brackets on mine which has revealed a 44 on each of the earpieces and also a pale or even white stamped eagle and swastika with i believe D.A. B31 underneath on both of them - right in the centre, so hard to get to and even to see at anything other than a very flat angle (and i'm not going to take them to pieces!).

Isn't it great even spending time on such a simple item (January evenings!!)

Cheers

Tietze

[Adrian Stevenson]

Isn't it great even spending time on such a simple item (January evenings!!)

Cheers

Tietze

You cannot beat it

Cheers, Ade.

[HerrHenke]

Evening all - thought i'd add some pics of my recently purchased 'b' type headphones to the thread for reference.

Neil.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Neil, good clean example Very nice.

Cheers, Ade.

[Nick Komiya]

The throat mike in the set shown by Neil is completely OK, but the headset is put together using non-panzer postwar Czech parts. The set that started the thread is also having pads taken from a wrong headset and bad plug.
Adrian's headset is all OK, though repainted and the throat mike appears to be a Kmfa though the prongs are missing.

[lebus12]

One of mines found in Mondeville, near Caen.
See the electrical wire on the top.

[Nick Komiya]

Those were not panzer headsets, though similar in appearance. Actually for bunker use called Festungsfernhörer 39.
See this thread The Evolution of Headsets and Throat mikes for Panzers (1935-1945)

[lebus12]

I have also the headphones with red rubber in box, one gift fom a German Dealer.

[Nick Komiya]

All the non-Panzer headsets also had orange brown pads early in the war, but if you have a panzer one that is really great.