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Description: | 15 x 40 / EK {within a star} / N.o 1002 / JES b5
AM / REF. N.o 14A/694 / Serial N.o 4642
A pair of right-angled prismatic binoculars, set in a U-shaped bracket on an Air Ministry tripod. This allows the heavy binoculars to be tilted and rotated. There is also a cover for the objective lenses, as well as stoppers for the eyepieces. The binoculars are said to have been salvaged from the German battleship 'Tirpitz' by a Norwegian diving crew. Sold to a dealer and then to a Naval Officer who passed them on to the donor.When given to the Museum, they were mounted on an Air Ministry tripod.
Set in U-shaped bracket and attached to tripod by spigot and a plate which rests on 2nd plate which has graduations around edge. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | binoculars Tirpitz 1941 | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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