wonder if anyone could offer some help to identify this telescope etc.
Markings:
Tenno
Schmidt Shoten
Busch
15x
I was wondering if anyone knew anything about this telescope, My friend who was given the telescope by his granddad (who's brother gave it to him), was passed down this story, although very old and short my or may not help,
"His great Uncle was a Officer on a Merchant Navy ship , his ship was destroyed in the Atlantic by a U-Boat, he was taken on board along with the ships log etc, and was given the telescope by one of the crew onboard"
Not wishing to dwell much on the story, as I doubt you'd hand your nice shinny telescope over to a prisoner of war, and I doubt it would of survived the guards clutches at a camp, unfortunately no more details are known, I asked all the obvious question, ships name, where did he sail from, to, was he a prisoner of war, unfortunately all those answers have been taken to the grave.
is "Tenno, Schmidt Shoten" a persons name? a ships name?
Regards Paul
ps ill post some pictures when i rebuild my pc
Markings:
Tenno
Schmidt Shoten
Busch
15x
I was wondering if anyone knew anything about this telescope, My friend who was given the telescope by his granddad (who's brother gave it to him), was passed down this story, although very old and short my or may not help,
"His great Uncle was a Officer on a Merchant Navy ship , his ship was destroyed in the Atlantic by a U-Boat, he was taken on board along with the ships log etc, and was given the telescope by one of the crew onboard"
Not wishing to dwell much on the story, as I doubt you'd hand your nice shinny telescope over to a prisoner of war, and I doubt it would of survived the guards clutches at a camp, unfortunately no more details are known, I asked all the obvious question, ships name, where did he sail from, to, was he a prisoner of war, unfortunately all those answers have been taken to the grave.
is "Tenno, Schmidt Shoten" a persons name? a ships name?
Regards Paul
ps ill post some pictures when i rebuild my pc
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