Civil War Antique Field Glasses Binoculars Orig. Union CSA

  

Civil war field glasses / binoculars. Large standard military officer issue size.

About 4 1/2 inches wide. 8 - long when fully extended.

(with the sun shades extended). " Merchant marine - Paris " is marked on both eyepieces.

" Day & NIGHT " is etched on the adjustment barrels. France was the main supplier of optics during the American civil war.

Thousands of these saw service during the American civil war (both north and south). The French term for binoculars is'jumelles' or twin girls. French made field glasses were used by the soldiers from both the north and south during the war between the states.

These are NOT the commonly seen post war' opra glasses. These have the sliding' sun shades' on the front lens barrels.. Indicative of true civil war era field glasses. With a gutta-percha adjusting wheel.

The exposed brass have a blackened' Japanned finish. The leather covering on the main barrels is dry and slightly shrunken, with a tiny piece missing on the right barrel. The leather wrapping on both of the forward sliding sun shades is missing, but they have a pleasing dark patina that doesn't detract from the over all appearance of these field glasses. Excellent condition for being over a.

The adjusting wheel works flawlessly. Don't pass them up!

Real civil war era Military field glasses. The exact type carried by officers from both sides. Identical to the binoculars seen in the hands of the statue of Brigadier General Gouverneur Warren on Little Round Top in Gettysburg!

A must for that civil war collector you know!