Original German WWII Rabbit Ear Optic 10×50 Sighting Periscope Leitz Scherenfernrohr S.F.14.Z.Gi. Swedish Militaria in action on 17 March

in action on 17 March 1945

Lieutenant Colonel William R

It is marked on the smallest barrel by the eyepiece with the maker information:

with minimal wear and fraying

Original German WWII Rabbit Ear Optic 10×50 Sighting Periscope Leitz Scherenfernrohr S.F.14.Z.Gi. Swedish Militaria in action on 17 MarchOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a rare Word War Two German manufactured Leitz Scherenfernrohr S. F. 14. Z. Gi. in beige sand finish with post war tripod. In 1894, Carl Zeiss introduced a new and unusual type of prism binocular. Zeiss called its invention the Scherenfernrohr (scissors telescope) an 8 x 10 power device fitted with adjustable twin periscopic extensions connected by a hinge. An observer could position the tubular ears upright