Accession No

3066

Brief Description

trench camera [assumed], 1/4 20th Century

Origin

Maker

Class

optical; military

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1925

Inscription Date

Material

metal (oxidised brass, brass, white metal); glass

Dimensions

length 159mm; breadth 157mm; depth 49mm; mirrors each length 151mm; breadth 126mm

Special Collection

Steward collection

Provenance

Collection purchased from member of the Steward family, 1974.

Inscription

Description Notes

Rectangular mirror in oxidised brass mount, hinged to ring to act as a periscope type device. The angle of the two can be adjusted and secured by knurled brass clamping screws either side of the mirror. Two spare mirrors.

Condition good (spare mirrors slightly losing their silvering)

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