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Actually I stand corrected, I was taking a closer look at the cabinet and I could see what looked like the remains of some dark colored wood toner on the front trim pieces so it looks like possibly someone maybe in the 1950s or so might of refinished the cabinet (and did it very poorly might I add) to lighten up the cabinet so that it wasn't so dark and severe looking but the dark colored stripes in the middle of the radio face was actually ebony wood inlays which would explain why that part is still intact but not the rest of it.
the cabinet being refinished might actually explain why the tuning dial bezel was on upside down, and also when the radio was refinished the person who refinished it didn't bother with a clear coat (laquer or poly) which will make it a lot easier to refinish this cabinet properly.
Also I will need to get a hold of a new Philco label for the top of the front of the cabinet as the original is almost completely gone unfortunately.
But there is enough of it left on there that I can tell it was the silver colored label rather than the gold colored one.
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