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OscarFoxtrot · 6th May 2019, 7:57 pm

I don't know if they're the same as ordinary GPO and similar handsets, but if there's a hole in the circumference of the mouthpiece, "inside" the handset, put a blunt nail into it and press firmly, and that will release the bayonet lock on the mouthpiece cap with will then untwist.

6th May 2019, 7:57 pm	#5
OscarFoxtrot Heptode Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Edinburgh, UK. Posts: 805	Re: WW2 British ‘L’ Field Telephones. I don't know if they're the same as ordinary GPO and similar handsets, but if there's a hole in the circumference of the mouthpiece, "inside" the handset, put a blunt nail into it and press firmly, and that will release the bayonet lock on the mouthpiece cap with will then untwist.