Military binoculars ww1 or ww2

Discussion in 'Militaria' started by Jemma1979, Dec 13, 2018.

  1. Jemma1979

    Jemma1979 Active Member

  2. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Well...they are not new....& neither R U !! :hilarious:

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!! Hot Stuff !!!! :happy::happy::happy::happy:
     
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  3. Jemma1979

    Jemma1979 Active Member

    Haha thank you
     
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  4. Diggummup

    Diggummup Well-Known Member

    I don't see any military markings in the posted photos. They are British, so there would be a broad arrow mark or turkey foot as it's called by many, somewhere on them. Check the tubes when fully opened they could be marked there. It would look like the one below.
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    They do date to around WW1 or turn of the century.
     
  5. Jemma1979

    Jemma1979 Active Member

    Thank you very much
     
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  6. Diggummup

    Diggummup Well-Known Member

    I just noticed a turkey foot mark on the case, looks oddball the way it's placed though.
     
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  7. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    it is there though...
     
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  8. Jemma1979

    Jemma1979 Active Member

    Do you think somebody might have put it on to pretend they are military when in fact they are just old binoculars?
     
  9. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    That is the Broad Arrow British military mark, there is no need for anyone to falsify it.
    I don't know what era they are from, not necessarily war time.
     
  10. Diggummup

    Diggummup Well-Known Member

    i'd check for a mark on the binoculars themselves before calling them British military.
     
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  11. springfld.arsenal

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    They aren’t representative of binoculars made for any military service, they are inexpensive binoculars made for use at sporting events, etc. The “broad arrow” on the case doesn’t look right to me, but looks like it was made with three strikes of a chisel that don’t line up perfectly. The maker’s mark on the case is civilian format.
     
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  12. Jemma1979

    Jemma1979 Active Member

  13. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Many people thought the mark to be of the War Dept.

    Broad Arrow’ or ‘Crows Foot’, the ‘pheon is the
    British military ownership mark.
     
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  14. Jemma1979

    Jemma1979 Active Member

    And the s.3 meaningthey had been donated for use ?
     
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  15. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    That could be just a serial number or batch number.
     
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  16. Jemma1979

    Jemma1979 Active Member

    Great , thank you very much for your reply.
    I just need to figure out the name on the inside now ......
    thank you again
     
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  17. springfld.arsenal

    springfld.arsenal Store: http://www.springfieldarsenal.net/

    Good work, glad you looked more. The USNavy had a program (maybe copied from UK? ) where they asked civilians to loan binoculars during the war, which were to be returned to the lender afterward. I’m guessing that’s how these got the government property marks. A distinguishing difference between civilian and made-for-military binoculars was the optical path, including prisms for military, and the straight-through path for ones like yours. Prism-types came into use about 1900, I just learned, here:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binoculars
     
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  18. springfld.arsenal

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  19. Jemma1979

    Jemma1979 Active Member

    Thank you very much I will have a read .
    I just need to work out the name on the inside to see if I can work out the owner
     
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  20. anundverkaufen

    anundverkaufen Bird Feeder

    S.3 means High Grade Galilean Binoculars.
     
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