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Anti aircraft gun sight from machine gun used to engage Richthofen : Gunner R Buie, Royal Australian Artillery
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Maker: Buie, Robert
Lewis gun backsight made and used by gunner Robert Buie of the 53rd battery, 5th Australian Divisional Artillery, when he fired at the famous German air ace, Captain Baron Von Richthofen.RELAWM12690B
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Anti aircraft gun sight from machine gun used to engage Richthofen : Gunner R Buie, Royal Australian Artillery
Technology
Maker: Buie, Robert
Anti-aircraft foresight for a Lewis machine gun, made and used by gunner Robert Buie of the 53rd battery, 5th Australian Division Artillery in France. Scratched onto the sight is the inscription: '5...RELAWM12690A
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Lattey Rifle Sights : Trooper C H Livingstone, 6 Light Horse Regiment
Technology
Lattey Optical Rifle Sights. These sights are in two parts and made for the Short Magazine Lee Enfield No 1 Mark III rifle. The small brass square section with a lens screws onto the rear sight of the...REL/16524
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Lewis Gun Anti Aircraft fore and rear sight from one of the guns which engaged Baron Richthofen's aircraft
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Improvised anti-aircraft sights for a Lewis machine-gun, fabricated in the field from sheet brass. The larger of the sights, which is designed to allow for a 'deflection' shot, is the foresight, while...REL/00935
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Mauser G98 rifle foresight protector : Trooper L D Price, 2 Light Horse Field Ambulance, AIF
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Maker: Unknown
Brass foresight protector from Mauser G98 rifle. Engraved on cap with Turkish characters.RELAWM13235
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Maxim MG08 anti aircraft sight : Sergeant A E Green, 9 Battalion AIF
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Antiaircraft ring sight made from metal for the Maxim MG08 machine gun. There are no markings.REL34886
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Richtkreis 0-5800 scale indirect fire Turkish howitzer sight : Lieutenant H I Wikner, 7 Light Horse Regiment, AIF
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Brass indirect fire gun sight, as fitted to German manufactured howitzers. The sight is shaped in the form of a 180 degree protractor. Two scales are engraved around the curved edge. These are etched ...RELAWM16625
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Zeiss Artillery Compass : Private C V Lloyd, 14 Machinegun Company, AIF
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Artillery compass, telescope, case and leather pouch. The compass is fitted with a male dovetail which slides into a corresponding femal dovetail slot on the upper part of the telescope body. An insc...RELAWM08221
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Zeiss Artillery leather compass pouch : Private C V Lloyd, 14 Machinegun Company, AIF
Technology
Leather pouch for a German army 'Fuss Artillerie' compass. The pouch is of thin brown leather, open on one side, and shaped like a bowl or cup, and seems to have been designed to protect the compass ...RELAWM08221.001