Civil War Antique Field Glasses Binoculars Orig. Union CSA

Civil war field glasses / binoculars. About 4 1/2 inches wide. 6 1/2 - long when fully extended. (with the sun shades extended).

Decent intact leather coverings on the barrels. Paris is marked on both eyepieces.

They were a importer of fine optics during the American civil war. They produced a variety of optical apparatus, in the 1890s they even produced racing bicycles!

During the 1850s and 1860s they produced tfield glasses for the American market. Thousands of these saw service during the American civil war (both north and south).

The French term for binoculars is'jumelles' or twin girls. Their field glasses were used by the soldiers from both the north and south during the war between the states.

These are NOT the commonly seen post war' opra glasses. These have the sliding' sun shades' on the front lens barrels.. Indicative of true civil war era field glasses. With a gutta-percha adjusting wheel. The exposed brass have a blackened' Japanned finish.

The leather coverings are in good condition. Excellent condition for being over a. The adjusting wheel works flawlessly.

Don't pass them up! Real civil war era Military field glasses. The exact type carried by officers from both sides. Identical to the binoculars seen in the hands of the statue of Brigadier General Gouverneur Warren on Little Round Top in Gettysburg! A must for that civil war collector you know!

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