Lot 5718
An Aircraft Scope by Dr. Walter Gerard / Oigee, 1918
Historical and Modern Firearms | A109s | Live auction | 1727 Lots
Description
Scope for aircraft-mounted machine guns such as “Luft MG 08/15” and others. Length 45 cm, the blackened brass tube with a diameter of 42 mm, the ocular body probably made of zinc, about 40% of the black varnish remaining. Diameter of the ocular lens approx. 47 mm. A yellow filter screwed in. The ocular housing marked “Dr. Walter Gérard / Optische Anstalt / Charlottenburg / 785 - 30022 / Sehfeld auf 1000m = 200 m / (+) = 8 / 400m / Vergr. 2x / nach D.R.P.”, below which marked in a cartouche “Oigee / Berlin”. Serial number 785/30022. Elevation adjustment at the bottom by means of a square wrench (missing), no graduation. Optics clear and undamaged apart from a few minor, invisible dust particles. Reticle consists of a Cross set within a circle. The diameter of the circle corresponds to 8 m at a distance of 400 m. The rain guard on the objective side is missing. The scope was mounted on machine guns fixed rigidly to the aircraft fuselage. An absolute rarity from the final period of aerial warfare, circa 1918.Condition: II + Questions about the lot?
