WORLD WAR I: TRENCH PERISCOPE.
A World War I British Trench Periscope. [British: 1914-18.]
A World War I British Trench Periscope. [British: 1914-18.] A stained wooden oblong box, cuts at top and bottom, with mounted angled mirrors, and a brass protective sleeve at the top and brass eyepiece at the base, a brass cylindrical fitting attached on the reverse to accommodate a wooden stick; together with a wooden rattle.
The Trench periscope was an essential tool in World War I, to observe the enemy across No Man's Land, but at the same time avoid being shot at by the enemy marksmen.
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A World War I British Trench Periscope. [British: 1914-18.]
A World War I British Trench Periscope. [British: 1914-18.] A stained wooden oblong box, cuts at top and bottom, with mounted angled mirrors, and a brass protective sleeve at the top and brass eyepiece at the base, a brass cylindrical fitting attached on the reverse to accommodate a wooden stick; together with a wooden rattle.
The Trench periscope was an essential tool in World War I, to observe the enemy across No Man's Land, but at the same time avoid being shot at by the enemy marksmen.
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