Name: Rifle scope - Lunette artillerie - 1910-1920 - United Kingdom - ottway - World War I Militaria
Brand: ottway
Rating: 88.24 (47 reviews)

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British artillery / cannon sighting scope
Period: World War I.

Manufacturer: W. Ottway & Co. Ltd.,

Although there is no inscription on the scope, these military optical instruments and aiming scopes were all manufactured by Ottway. 
Identical examples of these W. Ottway & Co. artillery aiming scopes can be found in several military museums in London.

They are dated 1915/1918.

• heavy construction entirely in brass ;
• conical body ;
• large front optical assembly ;
• lugs/mounts under the body ;
• large knurled ring near the eyepiece ;
• worn black paint on the adjustment parts ;
• design intended to be mounted on a gun carriage rather than held by hand.

The scope still contains all its prisms inside to perform the adjustments.

Rare piece.

lunette de visée d'artillerie / de canon militaire britannique
Époque : Première Guerre mondiale.

Fabricant : W. Ottway & Co. Ltd.,

Bien qu’il n’y ait pas d’inscription sur la lunette ces instruments d’optiques militaires et ces lunettes de visée étaient toutes fabriquées par la société Ottway. 
On trouve des exemplaires identiques de ces lunettes de visée d'artillerie W. Ottway & Co. Dans plusieurs musées militaires à Londres. 

Elles sont datées de 1915/1918.  

• construction lourde entièrement en laiton ;
• corps conique ;
• gros ensemble optique avant ;
• ergots/supports de fixation sous le corps ;
• grosse bague moletée près de l'oculaire ;
• peinture noire usée sur les parties de réglage ;
• conception destinée à être montée sur un affût plutôt qu'à être tenue à la main.

La lunette contient encore tous ses prismes à l’intérieur pour effectuer les réglages. 

Pièce rare. 

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Rifle scope - Lunette artillerie - 1910-1920 - United Kingdom - ottway - World War I Militaria

Brass, Copper - Very good

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Ottway artillery sight telescope, model Lunette artillerie, from the WWI era (circa 1910–1920), made by W. Ottway & Co. Ltd. in the United Kingdom, in brass and copper, 56 cm high, 11 cm wide, 11 cm deep, weighing 6 kg, one piece, in very good physical condition and tested and in working order, designed for mounting on a carriage and containing its prisms for adjustments.

Rifle scope - Lunette artillerie - 1910-1920 - United Kingdom - ottway - World War I Militaria

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