SOLD. Original WWII Paralleloscope 1943
Rare Authentic WWII Paralleloscope (gunnery tool) with tripod base & wooden carrying case.
This is the Mk V model, and is labeled 1943 on the end of the sight itself.
This WWII Bomb/gunsight is in excellent condition, and so is the wooden case, with leather handle.
Case measures 25.5 inches x 6 inches height x 4 inches depth.
The adjustable mirror measures 24 inches in width x 4 inches in height.
The full height, with tripod / adjustable wooden & metal legs measures from 40 inches minimum to 72 inches maximum height.
Asking SOLD.
Members of 1 Subsection, C Troop, 12 Battery, 2/6 Field Regiment, preparing to engage enemy targets in the area with their 25 Pounder gun. Identified left to right are: Lance Bombardier (LBdr) VX73552 Edgar William (Ted) Marchant; QX27433 Gunner (Gnr) Horace Alfred (Horry) Twidale (head behind Marchant); NX97958 LBdr Henry Percy “Blue” Gallard (holding shell); NX31653 Sergeant Frederick Charles (Fred) Skead; NX55705 Bdr Henry John Whitehead. Note the censor has blacked out a paralleloscope, a gunnery tool, which is on a tripod in the background.