AvionArt

Avionart as supplier of unique vintage aviation and wartime related objects, is proud to announce a limited series of new products:

The World War II Model Long Range Field Binoculars 10 x 80 with tripod.
The Vickers Machine Gun, modified from weapon to Art object, with tripod.

The World War II Model Long Range Field Binoculars

It is most probably a Carl Zeiss or Leitz patented Binoculars, very rare and authentic with two grade arcs on the original wooden tripod. We have one set with a steel tripod. The Carl Zeiss Binoculars were copied by all allied forces, they come from Russia, Germany, USA and UK.
We have fully overhauled the binoculars, in mirror polished finish. On the pictures you will notice the use of aluminium and brass toned parts in a very delicate mix. The adjustable tripod has been lackered and polished in its metal reinforcement parts.
The looks are awesome and the binoculars are fully operational as a long distance viewer, with sharp lenses. Ideal for the location on your terrace, balcony, or simply as a decorational object in your living room or office. The binoculars are provided with two massive "barrels", total lenght overall is 62 cm (over two feet) incl those barrels. The position of the binoculars can be directed by handle bars and fixed with lock knobs.
The height is adjustable, the prism blocks are mounted in an U-shaped cradle, that is placed on the round plated horizontal protractor/ grade disc. On the left side you will notice a drum, that contains the vertical grade disc, all still operational as it was used for far reaching canon sighting and fire control.
If you take a look at the pictures, you will notice the finer details of this masterpiece of magnification.
The condition and finish of the binoculars are immaculate, a very rare and decorational object.

The Vickers machine gun

This legendary weapon was introduced in the British Army in 1912, and made an excellent military career from that date to beyond WW II. Only in 1968 the gun was phased out from most Commonwealth armies.
The gun was mounted on a number of fighter aircraft as the Sopwith Camel and Spads in the French Air Service (1918-1936) and on armoured vehicles, tanks and motor torpedo boats. The Machine Gun Corps carried the weapon by hands in the field with 6-8 men. The .707 inch calibre gun features a watercooling jacket around the barrel, and included a water evaporation /circulation system, a tripod, ammo belts, etc.
The gun was so succesful, that many nations built their own versions with own calibres (Germany, Italy, Holland, Russia etc)
We have taken the gun into a nickel treatment and mirror polished the brass and nickel elements of the Gun and its Tripod, leaving it all in authentic state. The outcome is a stunning piece of heavy metal, an icon of weapons design of bygone days. The relic (stamped 1940 in the framing) was found in Normandy.
If you look at the details on the pictures, you will notice the "printed" letters and the huge number of parts and pieces, that made this one of the most reliable guns of two world wars. As a collector's item, standing on its adjustable steel tripod, you will be impressed by the sturdy construction and magnificent melange of brass and nickel elements, of the horizontal protractor and the clips, pins and chains. For reasons of heating, the two handle bars at the end with the trigger, have wooden grips and inside those, you find oily brushes for lubricating the gun's breech and moving parts. Overall lenght is 110 cm.

Kind regards,

Hans Wiesman
AvionArt

For more info about the The Vickers machine gun:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_machine_gun