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Listed item(s) has been tested for functionality. May show signs of normal usage: some scratches, scuff marks and dusts. Please refer to the photos for your assessment.
The eyepiece rotates for the focus and no discernible major dings and dents on the body.The plate has Model of 1918 and 1919 engraved on it with early SN of NO. 637. 1920 is the manufactured date making this Azimuth Instrument an over 100 year old historical item.Per TM 9-345..."Instrument, azimuth, M1918(mils). Description. — This instrument is used by coast artillery organizations as a base-end observing instrument when mil firing (land targets) is involved and for measurement of deflection errors in the observation of fire...".
If you need to see more photos of e.g. lens, body, interior, etc., please let us know. We can send them to you.Listed item(s) has been only lightly cleaned and dusted off to eliminate any arbitrary deep cleaning step that can be unintentionally detrimental to delicate vintage/antique optical equipment.Attention: Almost all multi-decade vintage optical equipment (e.g. binocular, lens, camera, microscope, telescope, etc.) are bound to have possible foreign objects inside of them due to inadvertent introduction of very tiny to noticeable size of the following (e.g.): air bubbles, metal shavings, fungus, haze, evaporated oil residue, deteriorated glue/grease/foam, and/or, mostly, all kinds of dust blown-in from the real-world external environment. If you want a truly pristine item, you either have to search long and hard for that rare item (and pay for it) Or you can have, at your convenience, quality CLA work done to bring them up to optically optimal level.
