The Decca Company made their name during the First World War by making the first easily portable gramophones that could be sent to the front lines as entertainment for the troops. (There were probably other portable machines available, but Decca got most of the credit). Genuine FWW Deccas became known as “Trench Models”.

The Decca “Junior” models were available in the early 1920s and were slightly smaller but still uised the

“Reflex” method for sound propagation in which the sound from the sound-box travels through a short tone-arm and then bounced against a “Bowl-in-the-lid” and outwards to the listener. This unusual idea was used in Decca and also Apollo gramophones almost exclusively and I suspect that there was cooperation between the UK and Swiss companies in their manufacture.

This Decca Junior is in very good condition and plays well using the “Crescendo” sound-box often favoured by Decca in their gramophones.

The gramophone comes with 100 needles and a small selection of 78s if required.

Price, including postage, £100.00

Here is another nice example of the Decca Junior, this time in a brown Fibrocite case

The Decca sound-box in this case is a Meltrope type with a Decca cover plate.

Price, including postage, £80.00