Original British WWII Canadian Contract Made MkII 6x30 Binoculars by Research Enterprise Limited Dated 1945 With 1943 Dated P-37 Case Lock Assembly with Second Lieutenant Ralph Talbot

with Second Lieutenant Ralph Talbot being the first Marine Corps aviator to earn the Medal of Honor

During 1944 and 1945

No reserves were available

The case is ink stamped with maker J

The blue cloth cap was remarkable for its longevity having served as an essential part of the enlisted sailor's uniform for over one hundred years

Original British WWII Canadian Contract Made MkII 6x30 Binoculars by Research Enterprise Limited Dated 1945 With 1943 Dated P-37 Case Lock Assembly with Second Lieutenant Ralph TalbotOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Canadian government set up Research Enterprises Limited in Toronto in 1940 to make optics and electronics for the war effort. They remained in operation until 1946. These 6x30 binoculars were well known and used but was essentially a copy of the US M3 binoculars, built on machinery obtained from Bausch & Lomb. It was functionally equivalent to the British No. 2 Mk. II binoculars so was used as a substitute by