WW2 British Military Palmer Clinometer Sight Mk IV O.S.330 G.A No 46390 1945 For Sale
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WW2 British Military Palmer Clinometer Sight Mk IV O.S.330 G.A No 46390 1945:
$295.00
Custom bookend made from WW 2 device for sighting guns. Made from what appears to be mahogany and brass. In good condition with age related, dings, corrosion and soiling. As found.Clinometer Sight Mk IV
Brass and steel Clinometer. Used for sighting a fixed line of fire for 13 Pounder and 18 Pounder field guns or a Vickers Machine Gun. The top of the clinometer sight contains a spirit level with brass winders at each end that can depress or elevate the sight from twenty degrees depression to twenty degrees elevation. There are two spring loaded brass claws to facilitate attachment to the chosen weapon system.
(From Australian war Memorial)
Titles of Distinction
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Hero of Socialist Labor
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of USSR
- Dist. Military Pilot USSR
- Dist. Military Navigator USSR
- Dist. Test Pilot USSR
- Dist. Test Navigator USSR
- Distinguished Pilot USSR
- Dist. Navigator USSR
Orders of Distinction
- Order of Lenin
- Order of October Revolution
- Order of the Red Banner
- Order of Suvorov
- Order of Ushakov
- Order of Kutuzov
- Order of Nakhimov
- Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky
- Order of Alexander Nevsky
- Order of the Patriotic War
- Order of Red Banner of Labor
- Order of Friendship
- Order of the Red Star
- Order Service to Motherland
- Order of the Badge of Honor
- Order of Honor
- Order of Personal Courage
- Order of Glory
- Order of Labor Glory
- Order of Mother Heroine
- Order of Maternal Glory