Original WWII U.S. Army Signal Corps Telegraph Set TG-5-A by The Allen D. Cardwell Mfg. Corp. Thompson SMG Classic half stock with finely

Classic half stock with finely checkered wrist

with serial # 413070 stamped on the rear of the receiver

as it has a "birds head" pommel

William Bainbridge's wife

It also has a very nice brown plaited leather sword knot attached to the end of the grip

Original WWII U.S. Army Signal Corps Telegraph Set TG-5-A by The Allen D. Cardwell Mfg. Corp. Thompson SMG Classic half stock with finelyOriginal Item: Only One Available. While most think of WWII as being firmly in the era of Telephone and Radio, Telegraph signals were still used in many situations. They could be used to send coded transmissions which were hard to intercept, and didn't suffer from the same level of problems from signal degradation and noise that voice communications did. This is a very nice example of a WWII Issue U. S. Army Signal Corps TG 5 A Telegraph set, which