Original U.S. WWI Wooden Trench Periscope with 1920’s Rival Shoes Stenciled Advertisement One-of-a-Kind It has the solid nickel

It has the solid nickel mounts throughout all being heavily silver plated

Offered in overall very good condition

The front of the barrel is also sheathed in an engraved brass wrap

Rolling a die over a part creates less stress since all of the pressure is not being applied to the marking area at the same time

Original U.S. WWI Wooden Trench Periscope with 1920’s Rival Shoes Stenciled Advertisement One-of-a-Kind It has the solid nickelOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is one of the most interesting examples of these WWI periscopes we have offered. It likely saw use during World War I, and then post war was stenciled with the Art Deco Styled Lettering Logo of Rival Shoes, a popular shoe company in the late 1910s & 1920s. They began using this style of lettering in 1917, so this stenciling dates between then and the 1930s. This was likely done directly after the war for a victory