Original German WWII U.S. G.I. Captured & Mailed-Home Wehrmacht 6 Volt R3 Radione with Case & Accessories - 1st Lt. John Dohy, 1st Signal Battalion British Field Gear showing just some light wear

showing just some light wear

which folds down and mates with an alloy eye sewn near the base of its reverse

A and B Companies of the 517th attempted to cross the Kall River to secure a high observation point

it was realized that it would be much quicker to adapt the British design

and 39 (on spine)

Original German WWII U.S. G.I. Captured & Mailed-Home Wehrmacht 6 Volt R3 Radione with Case & Accessories - 1st Lt. John Dohy, 1st Signal Battalion British Field Gear showing just some light wearOriginal Items. One of a Kind. Radione R3 was a military shortwave receiver in a civil enclosure, developed and manufactured in 1941 by Radio Nikolaus Eltz in Wien (Vienna, Austria). It was used during World War II (WWII) by the German Army (Wehrmacht), Navy (Kriegsmarine) and the Intelligence Service (Abwehr). It was often used in combination with the RS 20M transmitter, but also as a standalone receiver, for example with the Abwehr S 87 20