my very first cable drum

[Fabe]

Hi All,

Just picked this up for 40 EU - a hand-held 1943 made cable drum - in very good shape!



Cheers,
Fabe

[Larboard]

Wow, cool piece.

[Neil Hever]

The hand held cable reel with attached Kurbel (handle) was used mostly for radio antenna guy wire construction. I believe they were used by Pioneer troops as well. Picture attached shows a group of these labeled AntennaGerät from a period manual. NH

[Larboard]

And here I though it was for explosives... memories of old WWII movies growing up ;-)

[Neil Hever]

You can't rule out the possibility that this was used with Pioneer troops. It may have been used to lay out detonation wire. One of our Pioneer experts should weigh in here. I only know field phone/radio. NH

[Martin Bull]

Congratulations, Fabe ! That is a nice item at a very nice price.....