Original German WWII MG 42 Ranging Bar Adjusting Lath- Marked Wild Japanese Army • Over 30 personal correspondence

• Over 30 personal correspondence items in letters to and from his family and friends

The largest producer of steel helmets (Stahlhelme) was the firm of Eisenhüttenwerke located in the city of Thale

This is the first place where the tool is described outside original ordnance manuals

on 7 August 1942

a new BSA design and an experimental Australian design was held

Original German WWII MG 42 Ranging Bar Adjusting Lath- Marked Wild Japanese Army • Over 30 personal correspondenceOriginal Item: Used with the small Infantry 70 cm range finders mostly as a Machine Gun Accessory these adjusting laths known as ranging bars were made by "Wild" a premier Swiss optics maker. Complete with integral fold out legs (one which scissors) and small optic ranging sight, these are in very good to excellent condition, probably having seen little to no use. Undated, but most likely post WW2 specifications for the West German Army as part of