- Subject
- Telescopes
- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Presented by Mr Roland Torode in 2004. Mr Torode seems to have purchased it as an antique.
- Primary inscriptions
- ‘Telescope Identification AA Mark II | 1942 CTS No 3660 | OS 583GA | [WD arrow mark]’.
- Object type
- Telescope
- Dimensions
- Height: 330mm Width: 880mm Depth: 290mm
- Inventory No
- 86327
- Accession Number
- 2004-4
Description
Anti-aircraft double telescope, designed for spotting and identifying enemy aircraft in wartime. One telescope has low magnification and wide field of view, for spotting aircraft, while the other telescope magnifies 30 times, allowing identification of the aircraft.
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