Dutch & Belgian Keys

 

Many of these Dutch keys are from the collection of Jan, PA3EGH. He has a great website featuring many unusual keys from the Netherlands as well as from other countries. A link to his website can be found here.

(Click on the pictures below to see larger versions of the photo)

 

Early Dutch Camelback Key Made by the Caminada Brothers, Italian Instrument Makers Who Emigrated to Holland (IZ0KRC Collection)	Another View of the Caminada Camelback	Close-up of Caminada Name	Dutch Postal Key
Early Dutch PTT Key, Ca. 1867	Another Early Dutch PTT Key	Dutch PTT Key, Ca. 1900	An Dutch Camelback Key of Unusual Design. Maker Unknown
Dutch Camelback Key. Maker Unknown. (PA3EYM Collection)	Another Unknown Maker Dutch Camelback	Another View of the Dutch Camelback	A Later Key by Caminada, Rotterdam
An Unusual Oval-Based Key by Caminada. Looks a lot like an American Key. (Ruud Van Harskamp Collection)	Close-Up of the Caminada Name	Dutch Double Current Key	Gerard Belgian Postal Key. Uses Knife-Edge Pivot Like the American "Victor" Key.
Wood Based Key by Merkelbach & Co, Amsterdam	Top View of the Merkelbach Key Showing the Nameplate	Dutch Postal Key Marked "Ridderhof & VanDijk, Zeist"	Dutch Army "Sinus" Key by Ridderhof & Van Dijk, Zeist. Ca. 1920
Close-Up of the "Sinus" Marking	Another "Sinus" Key. The Lower Contact Strips are Elevated From the Base to Eliminate the Contact Noise	Unknown Dutch Key With "Holland America Line" Marking	Close-Up of the Holland America Line Marking
A Later Key by "Sinus" -Ridderhof & Van Dijk	Dutch Key-Maker Unknown	Another Dutch Key-Maker Unknown	A Third Dutch Key-Maker Unknown
A Fourth Dutch Key-Maker Unknown	Dutch Key Made by W. Zweverink	Royal Netherlands Army Signal Corps Training Key	Key Made by N.S.F. Nederlandsche Seintoestellen Fabriek (Dutch Signal Equipment Factory)
N.S.F. Keys With the Covers Removed	Another N.S.F. Key	One More N.S.F. Key	N.S.F. Key With the Cover Removed
	Key Used by Dutch Coastal Station PCH	Dutch Royal Air Force Key