WW1 C1917 British Adams & Co No.30 Steel & Alloy Light Weight Trench Periscope With Correct Hinged Spike. Sn 22553:16 Sight & Optic

WW1 C1917 British Adams & Co No.30 Steel & Alloy Light Weight Trench Periscope With Correct Hinged Spike. Sn 22553:16 - 22553:16

Adams & Co were a quality renowned company that produced cameras as well as other scientific instruments, including Periscopes. This is an original British Adams & Co No.30 Steel & Alloy Light Weight Trench Periscope. These scopes were made circa 1917. The scope measures 19 ½” overall with the flat steel hinged spike in closed position. The spike for sticking in the ground or side of a trench is 12 “ length and has its original bracket with wing nut for tightening in position. The tube body is light steel and the curved mirror housings are cast alloy, all with original green paint. The optics work as they should. The cast alloy mirror housings have car letters ‘VN’. The tube is missing its original Adams instruction label (there are traces of adhesive where it would originally have been mounted. An image of an original period label is illustrated in the images). The price includes UK delivery Sn 22553:16 (storeroom shelves near binoculars)

£395.00