NAM.1959-07-193-1

Prismatic binoculars, 1902. Blackened brass and steel, with leather-covered body. Belonged to Capt E F Milner, Royal Irish Regiment. Made by C P Goerz, Berlin. Ebonite eyepieces; bridge inscribed '9x' and 'Germany'; bridge and lens settings are blackened brass. Only the right eye lens can be adjusted. Casing for the prism system is blackened steel. Casing is covered with dark brown leather. Captured during the Boer War by W F Wasserman, Staatz Artillery; purchased from him by Commandant A J de Kock of Frankfurt, O F S of the Free State Force, and used by him until the peace. Returned to the Milner family in 1956 by Dr W J de Kock, Governor of the South African Broadcasting Corporation, son of Commondant A J de Kock.

Boer War (1899-1902)