The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

A scarce City of London Imperial Volunteers Carl Zeiss Jena Monocular Telescope.
'Dosenfernrohr grosses Modell No 39', circa 1897-1900 - [Tin Can Telescope] [Large Model] with three eye pieces which by rotation may be placed as required in the path of the light in order to give different magnification, this type of telescope was used by the Army and Navy for observation purposes, maximum overall length 58cm, the main body with two engraved inscriptions: ‘The City of London Imperial Volunteers. South African Field Force. C.I.V. 1900’, and secondly, ‘To be returned after the War (1914) to Sir Alfred Newton. Bart. London’, with leg of mutton leather case, the top flap gold-embossed ‘C.I.V.’, the body with address label of ‘Sir Alfred Newton, Bart.’, good condition for age £300-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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