Original British Georgian Naval Telescope named to Captain William Swiney R.N. 1747 - 1829 German Machine Guns Francis Farrington Gardner

Francis Farrington Gardner

where it served as a garrison

(image of the 89th Field Artillery Battalion insignia)

Virgil Fields in command of the squadron

The 504th PIR which sat out the Normandy drop because of depleted ranks suffered at Anzio was now at full strength

Original British Georgian Naval Telescope named to Captain William Swiney R.N. 1747 - 1829 German Machine Guns Francis Farrington GardnerOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is an 18th Century single draw brass telescope measuring 34" open and 26 1 2" when closed, which has its body clad in leather. The maker information is engraved on the inner draw of the telescope by the eyepiece: Whyte Thomson & Co. GLASGOW It still gives a good image despite its great age, though there are a few dents that one can feel under the leather wrap. These fortunately do nothing to impede its use and attest