DBH-15

The DBH 15 is the successor to the successful Ericsson DBH 1001 1931. In 1947 L.M. Ericsson designed another bakelite telephone device and in 1948 the DBH 15 went into production. Its production continued until the early 1960s. The appearance was similar to that of the DBH1001 predecessor, with softer lines in the design. The DBH1001 had the components mounted on a frame that was mounted inside the housing-shell of the telephone device. Unlike its predecessor the DBH15 which had all its components mounted on the base of the device with a similar distribution. It was made as an office device but also on the wall. The electrical components were exactly the same as in the previous model. The design only changes on the handle. The bells are sometimes painted in matte black and sometimes in nickel. The Ericsson company logo is embossed in the middle of the handle. The phones are marketed worldwide in black and ivory. In addition to the parent company in Sweden, devices of this type are also manufactured by the subsidiary Ericsson Holland in the Netherlands. Ericsson in the Netherlands used the DBH 15 as the basis for its own designation and named it Type 1951. There were differences from the parent company model. These are located in the different layout where the components were placed, a different handle with angles at the ends and finally the devices produced for the PTT (Dutch public telecommunications operator) had its logo embossed under the headset and on the housing-shell. behind the base mounting the handle. Private versions do not have the PTT logo, but have the Ericsson Holland logo. On some models the perforation is made of plastic and not of bakelite. The numbering on the fingerwheel is also made of plastic in contrast to the model DBH 15 which is made of metal (painted black for the corresponding color of the device and metallic red for the device in ivory color). They also do not have at the bottom of the housing-shell the case in which the paper with the telephone number is placed. Available in a wide variety of shades as opposed to the parent company device. In addition to the classic colors, we find black bakelite painted in shades of red, green, gold and silver. In Greece, DBH 15 telephones were received by Ericsson Sweden in black mainly color and available from OTE. In ivory color, OTE subscribers did not want it because they got dirty more easily. Thus ivory colored telephones are considered very rare. Towards the end of the 1950s, devices of the Dutch Ericsson (type 1951) with or without the PTT logo in all colors appeared in Greece.