[Milsurplus] Any idea what this is???

[COURYHOUSE at aol.com]

HA!   all central office stuff looks and feels like military or militarized 
versions
 
WE test gear was indeed  built  to last!  We save what we can of it at  
SMECC.
 
Ed#  _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)  
 
 
In a message dated 7/23/2016 11:07:16 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
kargo_cult at msn.com writes:

 
Looks like a  military or militarized version or maybe a ruggedized version 
of a W.E. test  set, maybe a No. 47.  I have one in storage right  now 
awaiting  disassembly. That will be the second one i have disassembled. The 
harvest is  only the 4 small keys, which have long retaining screws 
and will  require some sort of wooden base to be made. The key buttons are 
inscribed  with numbers 1 thru 4 but this can probably be painted  
in. The  actual button plastic material is kind of fragile and chips 
easily. These keys  get sold as “spy keys”  ( this said with a smile ) for  
something 
like $20 – 35  each. I’m sure some example of this test set exist in Bell 
Pioneer or other  museums so i feel no compunction about taking them 
apart.   The slider coil assembly looks nice but it is actually resistance 
wire, used  as a potentiometer, so other than looking wonderful this   
component has  no practical use.  So other than the keys there’s really 
nothing to  harvest in the set. And as for display, in a general  interest 
museum, i  think its eye-attractiveness is about zero, probably eliciting 
remarks like,  “Uh, okay”.  On the other hand, it may be worth  keeping 
together,  moreso than for some paltry money for the keys.  Next time i’m 
up at the  storage i’ll take a look and see if i’m right about the  
test set  number.  The standard telco model has a more “landscape” format. 
  
-H  


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