I beleive the orriginal coil to be one of those that is a large olval of thin wood/cardbord like material, that looked like the wires are woven back and forth. My dad purchased the set sometime right after WW2 (1945 or 46) and I am sure that he has run it without the coil. It has been setting around collecting dust the last 20 years or so, and as a surprise I am restoring it, so I was hoping to make a new coil.

Sorry - I was trying to respond to the making an antanna coil post, and hit the wrong button