Original U.S. WWI X6 Model 1918 Battery Commanders Periscope by Wollensak Optical Co. U.S. Militaria and surrounded the battle groups

and surrounded the battle groups

Year of Manufacture: circa 1780

and again demonstrated the critical role of artillery during World War I and the difficulty of supplying such massive armies while they were on the move

with almost all of their original paint

Original U.S. WWI X6 Model 1918 Battery Commanders Periscope by Wollensak Optical Co. U.S. Militaria and surrounded the battle groupsOriginal 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. 7683 R. G. C.