- catalogue number: 10.2019824;
- name of artifact: 7x50 Gun Sighting Telescope;
- date of production: ca. 1939-1945;
- materials of manufacture: copper-alloy, steel(?), black rubber, and glass, the metal parts finished with black-crinkle enamel, and other blackening agents, in a fitted pine box painted silver grey;
- maker: Canadian Kodak Co. Ltd., Kodak Heights in Toronto (at Eglinton Ave. and Weston Road), also known as the Kodak Mount Dennis Campus;
- provenance: purchased by the DTM Director on eBay;
- condition: optics good. The instrument retains its reticle, and filters. Some mild corrosion(?) products are deposited on the rubber of the filter housing;
- notes: The gun sighting telescopes were deployed on a mount and tripod, neither of which are present with this example;
- comparanda: London, Imperial War Museum, OPT 463.
- telescope
- objective
- eyepiece
- filters objective end
- fliters eyepiece end
- label
- fitted box exterior
- fitted box interior
- instructions
Type:
Telescope
Description:
7x50 Gun Sighting Telescope
Exhibit Number:
0010.2019824
Exhibit Name:
7x50 Gun Sighting Telescope
Production Circa:
ca.
Production Year:
1942
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