strength and thickness to protect against heavy striking blows from vandals upper housing guard 40 and keypad guard 45 are shown separately in fig2 and 3 respectively telephone guard 10 includes cavities affording access to functional components of telephone 30 these functional components include coin payment slot 80 volume control cavities 71 coin return lever 85 handset cradle 90 and dialing information panels 95 telephone guard 10 also includes cavities affording access to keypad 20 comprising a plurality of keypad push buttons 65 telephone guard 10 provides protection for keypad 20 through the mating of upper housing guard 40 and keypad guard 45 upper housing guard 40 is secured to upper housing 35 by a secure form of attachment known in the art of mechanical assembly for example upper housing guard 40 may be welded to the front face not shown of upper housing 35 alternatively upper housing guard 40 may be bolted to the front face of upper housing 35 with nuts positioned in the interior not shown of upper housing 35 said nuts securing threaded or self threading studs bolts machine screws or similar mechanical fasteners typically upper housing guard 40 is secured to the front face of upper housing 35 with twelve threaded or self threading studs of u215b u2033 diameter and u00bd u2033 length projecting from upper housing guard 40 through upper housing 35 fig2 shows upper housing guard 40 including recessed section 50 recessed section 50 includes a plurality of passage holes 57 which align with attachment holes not shown in.