A well known online militaria dealer was selling this switchboard as “World War 2 German.” It sold for well over $1000. It’s made of wood, has German writing on it, and it looks old. It has to be from World War 2, especially if the dealer says so. I mean, he’s been on TV. Unfortunately, the switchboard is postwar East German, made in the 1950s. If the buyer read my book before buying this switchboard, he or she would not have gotten ripped off. The book is available though the Lulu website at:
WW2 German Field Telephone Equipment 