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You are looking at a Vintage VISCOUNT WEDGE 503 transistor radio. Turquois Green in color. Made in Japan. WORKS! We turned it on and was able to get Elvis playing and then a little Jerry Lee! Some static. May need some contact cleaner on the volume switch. This is used and does have some wear and a crack on the plastic. Should have a new cord if you plan on using it but if not then its fine. I took lots of pictures so you could see condition. Model is 503 and is the table model. Measures 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/12. Comes with 10 spare radio tubes. Not sure they belong to this radio but it came with the radio! I searched the internet for some information on this radio and here is what I found:

For model Viscount (wedge) 503, Consolidated S.M.Corp., (where?)

Country:

Japan

Manufacturer / Brand:

Consolidated S.M.Corp., (where?)

Year: 1960 ??

Type: Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

Valves / Tubes

5: 12BE6 12BA6 12AV6 50C5 35W4

Reception principle	Super-Heterodyne (Super in general); ZF/IF 455 kHz
Wave bands	Broadcast only (MW).
Details
Power type and voltage	AC/DC-set / 115 Volt
Loudspeaker	Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)
Power out
	Model: Viscount 503 - Consolidated S.M.Corp., where?
Material	Modern plastics (no Bakelite or Catalin)
Shape	Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
Dimensions (WHD)	165 x 115 x 115 mm / 6.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 inch
	Conelrad Markings (Civil Defense, CD) on the dial at 640 and 1240 kHz. The two red triangles on the scale for CONELRAD tell us that the model Viscount 503 was made for the US market. Wikipedia (Nov. 2011): "CONELRAD (Control of Electromagnetic Radiation) was a system for emergency broadcasting to the public of the United States in the event of enemy attack during the Cold War. It was intended to serve two purposes; to prevent Soviet bombers from homing in on American cities by using radio or TV stations as beacons, and to provide essential civil defense information. U.S. President Harry S. Truman established CONELRAD in 1951. After the development of intercontinental ballistic missiles reduced the likelihood of a bomber attack, CONELRAD was replaced by the Emergency Broadcast System on August 5, 1963, which was later replaced with the Emergency Alert System in 1997; all were administered by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)." See a forum article with more details. Very interesting radio for the collector. I am not expert in any field, but try to describe to the best of my ability, but please contact me if you have questions and I will try to answer them to the best of our ability.Please see the pictures for more details of condition, etc and email me with any questions. Items come from a smoke free and pet free home. Thanks for looking at my auction! Please be advised I only ship US Postal Service, international included. Check out my other items!