This rather unassuming device from the Berlin-based company Loeffler & Co. represents an early stage in telephone technology, when calls were still manually connected by operators. The metal body with nickel-plated details and a large wooden base was well-crafted, providing the telephone not only with functionality but also a certain period aesthetic value. The microphone is classically fixed at the top of the “candlestick,” while the receiver rests on the left side on a hook. Some models featured a second receiver for the possibility of monitoring. The absence of a dial indicates its integration into a switched system, where the phone served as a terminal station connected to a switchboard. In this way, official and military communication was conducted in the former Empire. Loeffler devices are now rare collector’s artifacts that document the birth of modern telephony in Germany.