Original U.S. WWI X6 Model 1918 Battery Commanders Periscope by Wollensak Optical Co. Category_Brunswick Guns There are trades of markings

There are trades of markings on the back

which take the form of hilts from the standard "Lion's Head" style of officer's sword

For the next three months

Army Airborne and the German Fallschirmjaegers were used as an elite light infantry force

while the rest of the High Seas Fleet would stand by

Original U.S. WWI X6 Model 1918 Battery Commanders Periscope by Wollensak Optical Co. Category_Brunswick Guns There are trades of markingsOriginal item: Only One Available. Measuring 27 3 4 inches in length, this is a very nice WWI Era Model 1918 Battery Commanders periscope. In X 6 power, these were used to help view and plot artillery attacks from behind cover, to avoid exposing the commander to danger. The bottom of the periscope still has the manufacturers markings: BATTERY COMMANDERS PERISCOPE X6 MODEL 1918 M. F. G'D BY WOLLENSAK OPT. CO. ROCHESTER, N. Y. U. S. A. No. 3750 P. G. C.