1941 WW11 FIELD TELEPHONE SET L.MARKED 2144 ET LTD. ALSO MARKED 7 TH DR .

1941 WW II FIELD TELEPHONE SET.MAKER`S MARKINGS TELEPHONE SET  L.  1941.  ET LTD. 2144. AT THE BOTTOM ALSO APPEARS MARKINGS 7 TH AND DR " AND THIS .NOW THIS COULD BE IN REFERENCE TO THE BRITISH ARMY 7 TH DIVISION THAT TOOK ON ROMMEL IN NORTH -AFRICA , AND THE SIEGE OF TOBRUK IN 1942. THE DR  COULD PORTRAY THE "THE DESERT RATS , THUS MAKING IT FEASIBLE THAT THIS FIELD TELEPHONE WAS USED BY THE DESERT RATS IN NORTH -AFRICA AND ITALY , IN THE PERIOD 1941 TO 1945.THE DESERT RATS WAS IN ACTUAL FACT THE BRITISH 7 TH DIVISION, AND NAMED AS SUCH AFTER AN OFFICER KEPT A RAT IN HIS UNIFORM POCKET  CONSTANTLY. THE OWNER OF THIS FIELD TELEPHONE WAS A SOLDIER ,NEL THAT FOUGHT AS A SOUTH AFRICAN , FOR THE BRITISH IN NORTH-AFRICA . AMAZING WWII  ARTEFACT AND SHOULD BE COLLECTED BY ALL WAR ITEM COLLECTORS.  PROBABLY BROUGHT HOME TO BLOEMFONTEIN BY THIS SOLDIER.