Abstract: A field subassembly for a dynamo electric machine comprises a plurality of laminations secured together to form a stack, the stack having at least two spaced pole pieces and a pair of coil slots per pole piece, a field coil in each one of the pairs of slots, apertures in said stack, each aperture being located in one of the regions between adjacent pole pieces, and electrically-insulating terminal blocks mounted on the stack, each of said blocks being associated with one of the apertures, and each of the blocks having an external configuration corresponding to the region between said pole pieces and such that the blocks do not extend either externally of the stack in a radial direction or within the stack.