kilgarvan Posted December 16, 2015 Share #1 Posted December 16, 2015 Got this in a box along with my wife's grandfathers medals, patches, photo album, and insignias. Trying to figure out his story as the family doesn't know. He served in WW2. Appears he was in field artillery. Are these items military? They were in a box with his "army stuff". If it's not military my apologies to the mods and please freeze this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swmdo Posted December 16, 2015 Share #2 Posted December 16, 2015 These are all items that could have been used in the military by your grandfather. The big pin is for laundry. The magnifier and compass could be used for a map or navigation as well as the slide rule....you bet... Also not everything used by a military man is government issued. We buy and use many civilian items in the field, garrison etc..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilgarvan Posted December 16, 2015 Author Share #3 Posted December 16, 2015 Thanks! Any other ideas on the use of these during WW2 would be welcomed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BROBS Posted December 16, 2015 Share #4 Posted December 16, 2015 laundry pin and map reading items. -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilgarvan Posted December 16, 2015 Author Share #5 Posted December 16, 2015 Thanks Brian! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted December 18, 2015 Share #6 Posted December 18, 2015 The ruler-looking item is what is called a slide rule. It's function is the same as the modern digital calculator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccyooper Posted December 19, 2015 Share #7 Posted December 19, 2015 As Big Al mentioned the device is a slide rule used by artillery soldiers for ranging and charge calculations in the fire direction center, etc. They were calibrated for the different size guns, 75, 105, and 155, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilgarvan Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share #8 Posted December 21, 2015 Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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