Original U.S. Navy Binoculars From WWI by U.S. Maritime Gun Factory Optical Shop Annex and Bausch and Lomb Optical - Set of 2 U.S. Machine Guns Despite this setback

Despite this setback

The canopy of the parachute was packed into a cloth bag with a thin cord attached to the apex of the canopy and the other end attached to the mouth of the cloth bag

A great barely used M3 knife from a desirable maker

39 caliber octagonal barrel is 32" long and the rifle measures 47 1/2" in overall length

The rest of the bayonet has a worn patina

Original U.S. Navy Binoculars From WWI by U.S. Maritime Gun Factory Optical Shop Annex and Bausch and Lomb Optical - Set of 2 U.S. Machine Guns Despite this setbackOriginal Items: One Set only. This is a very nice original pair of U. S. WWI binoculars. Binoculars, known as field glasses, were a very important piece of equipment for U. S. soldiers. They needed it for observations by land or even balloons. Binoculars were in short supply, so many soldiers brought their own personal binoculars to the battlefield. Also a lot of the binoculars from WWI were special donations from civilians received by Army and Navy