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Name/Title Periscope
Primary Maker R & J Beck Ltd
Measurements H 35 W 8cm (H 1' 1 3/4" W 3 1/8")
H 59 W 8cm (H 1' 11 1/4" W 3 1/8")
Description Still in working order although image is blurry. Provenance unknown. This was designed so that the upper prism of the periscope could be slid up on a flat stip of metal so this was the only part of the periscope that could be seen, if this was shot at the this bit could be replaced very easily. This type of trench scope was used in both WW1 and WWII. Made by R & J Beck Ltd.
Accession No 2010.319

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