Original U.S. WWI X6 Model 1918 Battery Commanders Periscope by Wollensak Optical Co. Category_Brunswick Guns on the line just mentioned

on the line just mentioned

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

There are trades of markings on the back

Also included is the original COMMENDATION signed by General Cates that reads:

Nicely ink stamped (faded) in a few locations

Original U.S. WWI X6 Model 1918 Battery Commanders Periscope by Wollensak Optical Co. Category_Brunswick Guns on the line just mentionedOriginal 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.