Sighting telescope for Maxim machine gun

Made:: 1912-1918 in Rathenow

maker:: Emil Busch AG

Detached gun sight for German Maxim machine guns

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Detached gun sight for German Maxim machine guns
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Detached gun sight for German Maxim machine guns, model ZF12 (Zielfernrohr 12), Serial No.12699, by Emil Busch, A.G., Rathenow, Germany, 1912-1918.

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Category:: Optics

Object Number:: 1921-363

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy), glass and leather

Measurements:: Overall: 112 mm x 160 mm x 50 mm, .934 kg

type:: gun sight

credit:: Imperial War Museum

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Sighting telescope for Maxim machine gun

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