The standard phones of the German PTT
1881 - 1977

The telephonie was state monopoly in Germany, performed by the "Deutsche Reichspost", later "Deutsche Bundespost", from the beginning in 1881 till 1998.
In the context of the monopoly were fixed unity
telephones which were delivered to the Post
by many manufacturers.

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"Double
door
wall
cases"
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1881
1889
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"Single
door
wall
cases"
"Early
table
tele-
phones"
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1892
1898
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"Wall
cases
with
writing
desk"
"Magneto
desk
sets"
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1899
1904
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"Early
CB-
Table
tele-
phones"
"Metal-
case
CB-
Tele-
phones"
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1906
1908
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"Early
auto-
matic
tele-
phones"
"Metal-
case
auto-
matic
tele-
phones"
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1915
1928
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"Early
Bake-
lite
tele-
phones"
"Bake
lite
tele-
phones"
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1938
1963
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"Thermo-
plastic
tele-
phones"
"Touch-
tone
tele-
phones"
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1977


Manufacturers:
E.g. Siemens & Halske, C.F.Lewert, W.Gurlt, R.Krüger, Keiser & Schmidt, F.Schuchhardt, Mix & Genest, R.Stock & Co, Groos & Graf, C.Lorenz, AEG, Hartmann & Braun, Biedermann & Czarnikow, Borck & Goldschmidt, R.Bosse & Co, Felten & Guilleaume, Hagenuk, F.Merk, F.Reiner, Stöcker & Co, A.Zettler, E.Zwietusch & Co.