kmad Posted 16 March , 2015 Share Posted 16 March , 2015 Hi all Just dug the below item out of attic A car boot item from a long time ago, cost just a few euro Question is it what it claim to be Very poorly made with just light ply and pine construction Metal covers over the mirrors are very basic and light in construction Blackened inside the light chamber Mirrors are of a very heavy glass approx 7 mm thick Label is as you can see quiet distressed Thanks for any comments In advance Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovetown Posted 16 March , 2015 Share Posted 16 March , 2015 Question is it what it claim to be Appears to be as right as rain. Cheers, GT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmad Posted 16 March , 2015 Author Share Posted 16 March , 2015 Thanks for positive response, good to know, as it does not have much astthetics are these a rare enough item Cheers K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovetown Posted 16 March , 2015 Share Posted 16 March , 2015 Thanks for positive response, good to know, as it does not have much astthetics are these a rare enough item Cheers K There are a fair few No. 9s around, although 1916 is an early one. Against it, many of the later 1917/ 1918 ones I've seen are complete with their hessian carrying satchel, spare mirrors and 'trench spike' for driving into parapet walls for support. Still not a bad thing though. Value? £120-ish would be my guesstimate. Cheers, GT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 16 March , 2015 Share Posted 16 March , 2015 This is what it might have looked like in use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wainfleet Posted 16 March , 2015 Share Posted 16 March , 2015 Nice periscope, especially for a boot sale find! Looks 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmad Posted 16 March , 2015 Author Share Posted 16 March , 2015 Thanks guys I appreciate the thumbs up and photos of the item in use Regards Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasemuseum Posted 17 March , 2015 Share Posted 17 March , 2015 A very large number of these have come from Australia. About 1980 the Australian Government sold over two cubic metres of these at dispersal auction of old war reserves material. They were bought by a gun and militaria shop in North Sydney called "The Armoury". The owner had links in the UK and a quantity were sent to the UK. They sat in the shop as a great pile for years. The shop moved to York Street and latter to Clarence. By about 1986 they were all gone. Originally all had the carry bag, with two spare mirrors in one end wrapped in paper. Most of the periscopes were 17 and 18 dated. A lot had damage to the makers label making the date hard to read. They are still much more common here in Oz than the UK. and generally sell for much less here than UK. Cheers Ross PS Australian war reserves are now getting pretty thin on WW1 kit. As a reservist in the 70s, we only ever were issued WW2 field and shell dressings. Occasionally we were issued WW1 dated field dressings. P1908 water bottle carriers and shoulder straps were still being used as carriers for some of our signals kit. In the 90s a quantity of German WW1 field medical kits in the leather belt pouch came through the dispersal system. These still had all the small glass bottles of medicine in them - of course all the solutions had dried out. Still do not know why we were holding these in War Reserve 80 years after the war but I was able to add a couple to the collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arantxa Posted 5 February Share Posted 5 February has anyone ever seen one of these in a battle ship grey colour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasemuseum Posted 6 February Share Posted 6 February no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arantxa Posted 6 February Share Posted 6 February It’s this colour do you think they fake these …there is no Brad arrow I will post a better pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasemuseum Posted 6 February Share Posted 6 February That looks good to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mancpal Posted 6 February Share Posted 6 February I know little about them but it looks good. There is a slight difference between the one shown originally and the grey one. On the panel with the label on there are two ‘lugs’ rebated into the side walls(can’t think of a better description) which differ. This could be that more than one manufacturer produced them on behalf of Adams & Co. The catch looks the same both in shape and fixing method. Can’t think why it would be grey but my completely uneducated guess is it’s real. Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arantxa Posted 7 February Share Posted 7 February Thank you I appreciate your feed back have a good evening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasemuseum Posted 7 February Share Posted 7 February I think the "grey" is actually an Australian Army 1960s khaki drab paint, post WW2. Most surviving examples of these were sold out of Australian War Reserve about 1980. Some had been repainted by Army workshops a number of years earlier. OK I prefer to have an item in the original WW1 paint, But repainted by the Army whilst still in Army service, does not seriously impact authenticity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arantxa Posted 7 February Share Posted 7 February Thank you so you ever so much for the info That would make sense as I can see a painted broad arrow I guess it’s been covered by grey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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