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A RARE BOXED YOULTEN'S RIFLE BUTT HYPOSCOPE,
designed to attach to the stock of an Enfield No.1MKIII or similar, in its maker's wood box, the lid marked 'YOULTEN'S RIFLE BUTT HYPOSCOPE' over 'SUPPLIED BY PERISCOPES HYPOSCOPES LTD, 39 VICTORIA ST. WESTMINSTER S.W.', the leg of the hyposcope with broad arrow markings and a large letter 'N', the inside of lid with gummed paper instruction label
Provenance: This unusual sighting apparatus was patented in 1914 and allowed indirect viewing of the rifle sights from a position below a parapet, whether prone, kneeling or standing. Originally only available as a private purchase item, this example is unusual in that it is ordnance marked
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Estimate £200-300