A rare WW2 1944 Monocular in a leather clad wooden and metal case - great optics

The N.I.L. (Nottingham Instruments Ltd.) marked monocular from WWII is a rare piece of British military optical history. It is not a standard-issue monocular but rather a field or factory salvage—often crafted by repurposing the intact half of a damaged British Bino Prism No. 5 MK 5 (7x50).

These trench-salvage and converted pieces feature the classic "N.I.L." maker stamp, British broad arrow markings, and O.S. (Ordnance Survey) numbers.

Because of their extreme scarcity, these converted monoculars only occasionally surface on specialized militaria platforms.


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