Original U.S. WWI Wooden Trench Periscope with 1920’s Rival Shoes Stenciled Advertisement Japanese Navy along with the original leather

along with the original leather chinstrap

with clear lands and grooves and a partly bright finish

The opening of the book features the soldier with his friends under a Anmeldung sign meaning the place one needed to register

in July 1918 "it was the lot of the Americans"—which involved the 104th Infantry Regiment—"to drive the Germans back in the region lying north of Chateau-Thierry

No32 STANDARD 1875

Original U.S. WWI Wooden Trench Periscope with 1920’s Rival Shoes Stenciled Advertisement Japanese Navy along with the original leatherOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is one of the most interesting examples of these WWI periscopes we have offered. It likely saw use during World War I, and then post war was stenciled with the Art Deco Styled Lettering Logo of Rival Shoes, a popular shoe company in the late 1910s & 1920s. They began using this style of lettering in 1917, so this stenciling dates between then and the 1930s. This was likely done directly after the war for a victory