Original U.S. WWII Navy 16x MkII Quartermaster Spyglass Refracting Telescope by Hayward Lumber with Wood Case - Dated 1942 MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets and direct provenance provides a

and direct provenance provides a compelling photographic comparison

a Territorial Army battalion

This example has had most of the markings on the lock worn away due to oxidation and powder burn

so it may have been soaked in water at some point

The plan called for the 188th

Original U.S. WWII Navy 16x MkII Quartermaster Spyglass Refracting Telescope by Hayward Lumber with Wood Case - Dated 1942 MG 42 Display Guns & Part Sets and direct provenance provides aOriginal Item: Only One Available. A refracting telescope (also called a refractor) is a type of optical telescope that uses a lens as its objective to form an image (also referred to a dioptric telescope). The refracting telescope design was originally used in spyglasses and astronomical telescopes but is also used for long focus camera lenses. Although large refracting telescopes were very popular in the second half of the 19th century, for most