Aster-72 telephone

In 70s Radomska Wytwornia Telefonów this entailed the launch of a new, highly successful family of telephones named after flowers, of which the Aster-72 was one example. The Aster-72 was an office telephone, intended to work with manual or automatic CB telephone exchanges with a classic electrical design, mechanical bell, and the French TN-74 rotary dial for which a licence was purchased. The Aster-72 was also manufactured in export versions. The most interesting models were sent to the French, Canadian and American markets, although the telephone was most successful on the highly absorbent Eastern markets. In 1973-1985, the device was manufactured at the RWT and production was then moved to Telkom-Telcz, where the Asters continued being manufactured until the early 1990s. The Aster-72 presented here is in a very rare colour. Usually, models can be found in grey, ivory, orange, or red versions. Manufacturer: RWT, Radom, 1976 Inv.No. MIM 601/VIII-19 Model prepared on the basis of photogrammetric measurements Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab