Accession No

2850

Brief Description

range finder, by Research Enterprises Ltd., Canadian, 1944

Origin

Canada

Maker

Research Enterprises Ltd.

Class

military

Earliest Date

1944

Latest Date

1944

Inscription Date

1944

Material

hide (leather); cloth (canvas); metal; glass

Dimensions

box length 1200mm; breadth 210mm; height 220mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Transferred from Sedgwick Museum, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 09/1981. Purchased at Army Surplus stores in the late 1940s or 1950s.

Inscription

‘RESEARCH ENTERPRISES LTD.
CANADA
BY ARRANGEMENT WITH
BARR AND STROUD LTD.
GLASGOW’
‘RANGEFINDER AP 10080
BASE 1 METRE NO. CAN. 1108 1944’ (+list of patent numbers)
‘STOWAGE BOX
RANGEFINDER AP 10080
NO. CAN. 1152
RESEARCH ENTERPRISES LIMITED
CANADA 1944’ (plate on box)

Description Notes

Khaki-coloured leather-covered range finder. Long barrel with central binocular sight, shaded. OG’s either end of barrel with covers. Central mounting bar, 2 folding handles. Fitted box with leather straps (belt mounting), mounting bar, electrical leads, leather bag, canvas bag.

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