Original German WWI U.S. Captured Trench Periscope with Send-Home Address - 23rd Engineer Regiment - Master Engineer Edwin B. Lindsley Russian Flare Guns and the plate under the

and the plate under the spike appears to be gone

The hollow

and most were used to the point of destruction or scrapped long ago

Blade length is approximately 26 inches and overall length of 36 3/4 inches

and straight pin attachment

Original German WWI U.S. Captured Trench Periscope with Send-Home Address - 23rd Engineer Regiment - Master Engineer Edwin B. Lindsley Russian Flare Guns and the plate under theOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a tremendous send home periscope captured by Master Engineer Junior Grade Edwin B. Lindsley, Regimental Headquarters, 23rd Engineer Regiment. The periscope is almost certainly of German origin, but it could possibly be a French example given its crude construction. The periscope is a larger example with a large wooden handle at the bottom. It measures roughly 34 in length and is 5 wide at its widest. On both