WW1 Signal Sight

Clint212

Hey,

Ive recently bought a genuine WW1 Signal Sight, its makers are TT & H Leicester and marked on the barrel it reads 1917 MK IV also GS. Im just wondering if these are rare or ten a penny nowadays, or what would it be worth? Does anyone have any info they can share with me please?

johnny_doyle

can't tell you anything about the sights at the moment.

TT&H is Taylor, Taylor and Hobson

http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Taylor,_Taylor_and_Hobson

http://www.taylor-hobson.com/history.html


Can you post an image of the sights?

Clint212

Thanks johnny_doyle, yes have some pics here, they might not be very good as my camera isnt great but hopefully itll give you an idea of what its like.

johnny_doyle

not quite what I was expecting. Thought it might be an artillery sight that you had.

This looks more like a telescope, possibly a bit like the sniper scope that appears on this page:

http://www.militariaandantiques.com/id72.html

and a TTH scope on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5WXU7aSNt8

http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/ww1-allies-great-britain-france-usa-etc-1914-1918/ww1-1916-t-t-h-sig-telescope-gs-lovely-condition-value-26108/


This site has a 1917 TT&H telescope at £425
http://www.qcmilitaria.com/scopes.htm

Might be worth posting in the Militaria forum to get some feedback from the guys there.

enfield

These are the three draw scopes. 88 of these were sold by the Irish Army in the 1990's along with 144 marching compasses. They are very good scopes.
Cheers.
Tom.