Leich handset id and source for missing parts

[RB]

I bought this handset because, well... it just looked cool, and it matched another one I have.
I want to know what model, and what used on.
Also, it has no inside parts for the handset, and no receiver

[rdelius]

Those elements look wrong for that handset. The rec is a brass assy with a diaphram and the tx is also brass. both have screws to connect them . The tx will not work well.

[HarrySmith]

Is that a Western Electric E1 handset?

[tubaman]

I don't know the model name but that looks like the correct Leich handset for that phone.
The receiver should be as per my photos (has a diaphragm). Unfortunately my one also had the transmitter missing so I don't know what that is like.

[Doug Rose]

Rod...you have the correct older Leich handset. Attached is a later version....Doug

[paul-f]

It's a Leich 1-type handset.

Roger Conklin wrote several articles for Singing Wires in 2008 -- mentioning the handsets and Leich telephones from the late 1930s and 1940s.

Here are some quick photos...

[RB]

Tubaman, could you measure the resistance of that receiver please?
Doug, I have a few Leich 901's with the newer handset.
I like the type 1 better!!!
Paul, Thanks for the pics.
I have a handle on it now.

[tubaman]

Tubaman, could you measure the resistance of that receiver please?
...

52 ohms according to my meter.

[RB]

Thank you