Army and Navy Binoculars

[ruddersrangers44]

Hi are these military or civilian issued please.any idea on timeframe only marked with a C inside a circle or G on top of case,Army and Navy printed on Binos but no date...............thanks................Jake.

[Spitace41]

I have always understood glasses such as these to have been commercially produced during the early part of the 20th Century and I think quite a few were purchased privately for use in WW1, so could be either really.

[Gunny Hartmann]

I've got vague memories of reading these binoculars marked Army & Navy were french produced!..

[Jerry B]

Canadian issue mark on the case, so used by them, or at least the case was.

[ruddersrangers44]

I remembered the thread regarding the C inside rather than over the top jerry so maybe French produced and issued to Canadian troops?also would this be ww1 or later please............Jake.

[Jerry B]

I remembered the thread regarding the C inside rather than over the top jerry so maybe French produced and issued to Canadian troops?also would this be ww1 or later please............Jake.

They are of the type that I would think of as being WWI period.

[Gunny Hartmann]

They are of the type that I would think of as being WWI period.

Yup, i'm with Jerry!.....

[Wagriff]

French Made WWI-era and used by both civilian and military, but the case looks civilian, so I am thinking these were a private purchase civilian pair.

[Jerry B]

I've got vague memories of reading these binoculars marked Army & Navy were french produced!..

I have since bought a pair of these and they are marked Army & Navy Paris, so French indeed.

Civilian issue binos if officially accepted into service mostly have a S and a number after it which grades them for military use.

I also bought another French made pair of a different type, with a broad arrow mark and a S & # mark.

2 binos and 1 case