H02254 SHARPSHOOTER'S SCOPE CARRYING CASE. (Scharfschützengewehr -Zielfernrohr Tragerkasten) 

BACKGROUND: The importance of telescopically enhanced rifles became apparent during WWI, and the urgent need to supply front line troops with this type of weapon forced the German military to request the public to donate sporting rifles equipped with telescopic sights for front line usage, with poor results. In spite of the experience in WWI, and due to political in-fighting telescopic sights weren’t assigned a high priority in the Reichswehr era. In 1938 the HwaA, Heereswaffenamt, (Army Ordnance Office), requested a four magnification telescopic sight be developed for sharpshooters, but personnel in the OKH, Oberkommando des Heeres, (High Command of the Army), opted to produce a 1.5 magnification telescopic sight, which was soon found to be insufficient for its required usage. This resulted in the requestioning of commercially produced sights from sporting rifles to be pressed into military service. Of Note: The need for a four power scope was finally realized in 1943 with the development of the Gw ZF4 scope. When issued the scopes came in protective carrying/storage cases and this example is an early commercially produced scope case for an unknown scope.  

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Roughly, 6 1/16" tall, 13/4" diameter, cylindrical, thick, tanned leather construction scope case with a vertical machine stitched seam and bottom panel and a removable top lid. The removable top lid has a stitched on vertical closure strap with two punched buckle eyelets to the obverse with a corresponding, leather reinforced, stitched on, pronged, magnetic sheet metal roller buckle positioned on the front of the cases body. The top lid also has a small, stitched on vertical strap to the reverse with a transverse piece of leather stitched to the bottom end and a stitched on, corresponding horizontal leather loop positioned on the back of the case. The small vertical strap on the lid is inserted through the loop on the cases body and secures the top lid to prevent lose. The bottom of the case has two small ventilation holes. The case body is well marked with the impressed manufacturers name, location and date, "B. Thomass Dresden 1935", and a Weimar Reichswehr era waffen-amt stamp. The case is in overall very good condition with minimal chafe wear and age and usage toning.

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