We've had this pair of binoculars in our family for quite sometime and I've never really worked out a date on them. I believe them to be maybe pre WW2 but I'm not sure
Can anybody identify these binoculars
We've had this pair of binoculars in our family for quite sometime and I've never really worked out a date on them. I believe them to be maybe pre WW2 but I'm not sure
Re: Can anybody identify these binoculars
The style look WWI or earlier.
Regards,
Jerry
Whateverits just an opinion.
Re: Can anybody identify these binoculars
They are British issue Mk.V bino's as used in WW1. The Mk V was the standard service field glass which was made in three sizes, wide, medium & narrow...this refers to the distance between the eye pieces & was provided to suit different individuals, the ones above indicate they are 'medium'. The piled arms logo may indicate BSA, but I'm not sure they were involved in optics at that time.
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
Re: Can anybody identify these binoculars
Also, they have been marked with two 'Broad Arrow' stamps, one atop
the other, which I understand means they were taken out of service
for whatever reason. Still very cool though.........
Regards,
Steve.
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