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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 70070, member: 25&quot;]This theodolite comes in its campaign carrying case for some soldier to lug around, and it&#039;s heavy. A little research indicates its origin is Czech and just pre WWII.</p><p><br /></p><p>It looks as if the lid is meant to act as a base for the instrument, but a look did not reveal any obvious way of uniting them. There are lots of twiddly bits on the inside of the lid. If you look down the lens you can see a scale that looks as if it ought to be movable on a rotary way.Like a horizontal drum dial. The sticky out bits on the three posts swivel round and spring back.</p><p><br /></p><p>The instrument seems to be a fairly normal theodolite in decent condition. The base seems to be for a normal tripod fitting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t really see the illustration well enough to make out the details of how it should be set up.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]18120[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]18121[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The lid inverted. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]18122[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]18123[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]18124[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]18125[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; all boxed up.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]18126[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Not a mere boat anchor for sure but would military buffs be interested. Someone who has a Chech field artillery gun in their back garden?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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