Original British WWI Era Leather Wrapped 20X Spotter Telescope by Parker-Hale French Field Equipment Source: Helmets and Body Armor

Source: Helmets and Body Armor in Modern Warfare Bashford Dean 1920

Between August and September 1944

75" handle

the M203 was originally designed for the U

Once the striker is released it flips downwards into a percussion cap which fires the adjacent detonator followed by the booster charge and then the main explosive filling of TNT

Original British WWI Era Leather Wrapped 20X Spotter Telescope by Parker-Hale French Field Equipment Source: Helmets and Body ArmorOriginal Item: Only One Available. Made by one of England's greatest Gun and Accessory Makers, the PARKER HALE Company of Birmingham. This is a fabulous THREE draw all brass telescope, complete with forward pulling Sun Shade. It is fitted with a bakelite eyepiece marked LOW. All covered is light brown leather with loops to interface with WW1's Sam Browne leather equipment. Very nicely marked on the brass barrel closest to the eye: PARKER HALE 20 X