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Fascinating original U.S. military signalman’s working notebook belonging to a serviceman identified on the cover as LASKOWSKI.
This is a genuine Federal Supply Service government memorandum/record book, stock number 7530-00-222-3521.
What makes this example especially interesting is the original serviceman-added material.
The green cloth cover has been personalized by hand with two colored signal flags, a signal/searchlight illustration and the name:
LASKOWSKI
Inside, the owner has written the title:
SIGNALMAN
The surviving handwritten material includes military communications reference information such as:
Prosigns and their meaningsCommunications procedure signalsMorse codeAuthorized punctuationSignal abbreviationsTransmission instructionsOperating notes
Examples visible in the notebook include communications terms such as “Unknown Station,” “All After,” “All Before,” “End of Transmission,” “Wait,” “Long Break,” “Correct,” “Error,” “Do Not Answer,” “Repeat Back,” “Group Count,” “Emergency Silence Sign,” “Interrogatory,” “Execute to Follow,” “Executive Signal,” “Invitation to Transmit” and other working signal terminology.
The authorized punctuation page also records abbreviations and Morse equivalents for period, comma, colon, semicolon, parentheses, question mark and paragraph.
Rather than simply being a blank military-issue notebook, this is a personalized working communications reference compiled and used by an individual signalman.
The hand-drawn signal flags and signal equipment on the cover give the piece particularly strong display character.
No date, unit or service branch is being attributed without additional documentation.
An unusual piece of original American military communications ephemera with excellent research potential.
Ideal for collectors of military communications, Signal Corps and signalman material, Morse code, field communications equipment, military notebooks, named militaria and original serviceman-used artifacts.
