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The Sterling No. 1, a British made crystal radio receiver ma...

The Sterling No. 1, a British made crystal radio receiver ma...

The Sterling No. 1, a British made crystal radio receiver manufactured by the Sterling Telephone and Electric Company Ltd. of London in 1922 ** Produced for the launch of the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), this passive, battery-free receiver is housed in a polished wooden cabinet with a premium ebonite top panel. With additional coil ** The Stirling No. 1 is practically identical to the Burndept Ethophone No.1 and stands alongside it as an incredibly desirable, investment grade artifact from the absolute dawn of domestic wireless entertainment ** From the David Read Collection

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