The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
French field glasses (binoculars) with central focus and non-adjustable eye distance. Diameter of objective lenses 47 mm. Magnification approximately 2X.
Used by Private Joseph James Beattie of 18 Battalion, AIF from Manly, NSW. Beattie trained as a civil engineer before enlisting 16 March 1916. He served as a signaller and was wounded in the chest in August 1918, returning to Australia 9 December 1918.
Pair of light alloy Carl Zeiss field glasses/service binoculars of Porro prism design. Magnification is x6 through 30mm lenses. The eye pieces are individually tuned to achieve focus and they are mark
Small pair of non military style, nickel plated field glasses, partly covered in textured brown leather. There is a centrally mounted adjusting wheel fitted for focus. Both eye pieces are dented and b
Nippon Kogaku Orion 6 x 24 magnification black-painted Japanese military issue field glasses / service binoculars of Porro prism design. The plastic eye pieces are individually tuned to achieve focus
A pair of privately purchase Goerz Trieder 6x15 German officer's field glasses. The curve-edged triangular aluminium barrels are covered with brown leather. Aluminium strap brackets extrude through th
Pair of Carl Zeiss binoculars in their original moulded wooden case Employing the 'ABBE-KONIG' prism system, the binocular's magnification is x12 through 50 mm lenses. The eye pieces are individually
Pair of black painted light alloy Carl Zeiss field glasses / service binoculars of Porro prism design. Magnification is x8 through 24mm lenses. The plastic eye pieces are individually tuned to achieve
