WWI Era British Officer’s Private Purchase 3 Draw Leather Bound Brass Telescope by Manufacturer \'Broadhurst Clarkson and Co Ltd of London. 10309. WWI Era British Officer’s Private Purchase 3 Draw Leather Bound Brass Telescope by Manufacturer 'Broadhurst Clarkson and Co Ltd of London. 10309. Telescopic Sights

In 1892 Alexander Thomas Clarkson went into partnership with Robert Henry Broadhurst. They made quality optical instruments. In 1915 trading as 'Broadhurst, Clarkson and Co’ the business was listed at Farringdon Road London. During WWI as part of the war effort, the company set up further telescope factories in Watford, and a lens-making facility in central London producing optical instruments for the British War Dept. This is an excellent British WW1 Officer’s Private Purchase 3 Draw Telescope. It is made of leather covered brass. It measures 29 ¾ ” extended and 10 ¼ ” closed. One draw is signed ‘BROADHURST CLARKSON & CO LTD 63 FARRINGDON ROAD LONDON. E.C’. All optics of the telescope are excellent and function as they should, and the metal and leather are very good. The price includes UK delivery. 10309.