German propaganda poster, U Boote Heraus!, WW1A German propaganda poster, U Boote Heraus! (U Boats Launch!), showing a submarine officer looking through a periscope with a sinking torpedoed enemy ship in the background
The crew of a German submarine - First World WarThe hideous crew (!) of a German U-boat Submarine, poking their head out from the viewing platform, with the periscope in front. A very direct Allied propaganda postcard
Periscopes in TrenchesWith shells bursting overhead and trench mortar ready, Seaforth Highlanders watch through a periscope for the Germans
Periscope and All by Gerald C. Hudson, WW1Humorous cartoon depicting the grimness of life in the trenches. THOMAS (encountering a pal on the surface of a flooded crater): Lor! Enry, ow you did make me jump. I thought you was a submarine
Gallipoli trench WWIRoyal Navy Division Sector Lieutenant C.H. Parkes RNVR with Periscope rifle (sniperscope) at Gallipoli during World War I
British L56 Submarine. Launched in 1919 and broken up in 1938
Look-out in 1917A soldier in a look-out post in a trench using a camouflaged periscope to keep watch on the British Front in France during World War I in 1917
Royal Navy British Submarine periscope
Using the periscope in a British submarine probably 1930s
Dardanelles British Soldiers using periscope in trench, WW1Dardanelles British Soldiers using a periscope in a trench in WW1
WW1 Dardanelles, using periscope in a trench
Beware of Submarines WW1Lady swimmer mimicking a submarine with her fake periscope. Date: circa 1916
Ralston and Co AdvertisementAn illustrated advertisement for Ralston & Co. promoting the periscope sketcher, a useful tool for artists to aid them with perspective and proportion. Date: circa 1919
Douglas C-54P 50851 (msn 10428, ex 42-72323). Used for radar tests at NATC Patuxent River, MD. under designation R5D-2-2. Had two pods mounted under each outer wing
Soldier of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion; Spanish Civil WarSoldier from the Philippine Islands serving in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion of the International Brigade, during the Spanish Civil War
Two members of the Nationalist army using a rangefinder periscope to observe Republican troop movements; Spanish Civil War. Date: 1936
SubmarinesLady swimmer mimicking a submarine with her fake periscope. Date: circa 1916
Periscope crab and flower crabPeriscope crab, Podophthalmus vigil 1, and flower crab, Portunus pelagicus 2. Podoftalmo spinoso, Lupa pelagica. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario
Hemigrapsus penicillatus and Potamon fluviatileVarunid crab, Hemigrapsus penicillatus 1 and freshwater crab, Potamon fluviatile 2 Grapso penicillato, Telfusa fluviatile
Heating engineer viewing House of Commons chamberEngineer in charge of heating and air-conditioning for the House of Commons viewing the chamber through a 65 foot long periscope. Date: 1950
French Commander directing operations from tree top 1917Birds-eye view of the battle behind the lines, showing two French Commanders with periscope and map, directing operations and sending their strategy back to the front lines. Date: 1917
GERMANS USE PERISCOPENorth Africa : a German soldier uses a periscope to observe the positions of the enemy line Date: July 1942
Winter 1915, flooded British trench by Matania, WW1A British trench on the Western Front during the winter of 1915 drawn by The Sphere special artist, Fortunino Matania and demonstrating the sort of flooded
The trench periscope, WW1Photographs demonstrating the efficacy of the hyposcope (the landsmans periscope) using one here constructed by Mr C. Baker - an optician of High Holborn
WW1 - Russian Front - Officer using a trench periscope Date: circa 1916
WW1 - Russian Officer using a Periscope to get a (safer) view of the enemy above the trench Date: circa 1916
Mark XI Trench Brass Periscope with wooden handle, WW1Pattern 1796, Heavy Cavalry Sword, 1808-1818.Carried by Capt (later Lt Col) William Tyrwhitt Drake, Royal Horse Guards.Blade is straight, flat backed
British soldier in trench with periscope, WW1A British soldier in a trench, observing the enemy through a periscope on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Commander in German U-boat by G. H. DavisSecrets of a German U-boat: one of a series of drawings made inside a captured submarine during the Second World War. The commander is seen at his action station
Schnorkel breathing system for U-boat by G. H. DavisThe new lungs of the U-boat: the Schnorkel breathing system. The exhaust and fresh air periscope which enables U-boats to remain under water for long periods during the Second World War. Date: 1944
Soldiers in a trench, firing a machine gun, WW1Soldiers in a trench during the First World War, firing a machine gun with a periscope attachment. Date: 1914-1918
German U-Boat - UC5Cross-section through a captured German u-boat submarine - the UC 5. A mine-laying submarine, with six mine-holding chambers in the fore-section of the vessel
Through the commanders periscope. Frank DayPhotograph: Through the commanders periscope. Frank Day. Photograph taken through a periscope of a tank, showing a man on some open ground
Dazzle painting, WW1Photograph showing the experimental theatre on which dazzle designs, to camouflage ships were tested, The officer on the right is observing a model through a periscope
Looking for Trouble, by BairnsfatherLooking for Trouble The rash habit Private Lovebird has of sharing the same periscope with the opposition across the way is bound to lead to trouble A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The
That Periscope Sensation, by BairnsfatherThat Periscope Sensation " I wonder if oughtn t to tell the captain about that thing sticking up in the sea over there" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in an issue of The Bystander
Graphic cover - periscope on the battlefield, WW1Front cover of The Graphic featuring a photograph of a British officer posing inside a German armoured observation post captured by the British in Flanders Date: 1917
Advertisement for The Sphere magazine, WW1Advertisement in The Tatler for its sister paper, The Sphere, which claims to be, the best periscope through which to see the fighting by sea and by land
Periscope fitting - Le Target, BelgiumThe periscope fitting for safety in the trenches. Le Target, Belgium. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889
St Dunstans periscope made by blind patientsA St. Dunstans periscope made by blind patients of St. Dunstans Hospital. Retaining original paper cover printed St. Dunstans Periscope. Made by a war-blinded man. Firearms & Equipment
Periscopomania by William Heath RobinsonThe Special Constable (who has strayed into Highgate Ponds): Good Heavens! Theres a periscope! In fact its his own foot. A humorous comment on the growing fear of German submarines during the First
Off the Coast of Scotland by William Heath RobinsonThe German Periscoper: Ach, Himmel! Dot most be der peautiful Ben Nevis of vich ve ave eard so mooch. A German submarine mistakes the prominent nose of a bather for the tip of Ben Nevis while sailing
A trench periscope at Aintree, WW1Soldiers on leave from the front watch the Grand National at Aintree in a novel manner by using a trench periscope to look over the racecourse crowd. Date: 1915
Oh U! by Heath RobinsonIn this Heath Robinson cartoon, a submariner makes an easy mistake. The German Periscoper: " Ach, Himmel! Dot most be der peautiful Ben Nevis of vich ve ave eard so mooch
Advert for John Pound & Co military equipment 1915An advertisement for the military equipment, ingersoll service watch nickel or gun metal, lifeguard reinforced pocket periscope, campaigning knife, penlite pocket lamp, folding pen knife
Christmas Dinner in the trenches by Charles Crombie" God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen, may nothing you dismay" - a festive view of a British trench on the Western Front with soldiers, rather implausibly
A Australian trench at the DardanellesThe periscope in use in an Australian trench at the Dardanelles. Date: 1915
Chinese observation postA Chinese observation post during the Sino-Japanese war Date: 1937-1945
