Boer War 20th Hussars Officer's Binoculars - Husband Of Famous Scottish Novelist & Poet Violet Jacob

This pair of 'Carl Zeiss Jena' made field glasses belonged to Captain Arthur Otway Jacob of the 20th Hussars, a British cavalry regiment in Queen Victoria's army, Capt.Jacob (later Major) served with the Hussars in India during the mid-1890's and would later see action with his regiment during the second Boer war 1899 -1902 (QSA medal + Transvaal, Orange Free State & S.Africa 02 clasps).
In 1894 Arthur would marry Violet Augusta Kennedy - Erskine of the House of Dun (near Montrose) in Angus, Scotland, the newly wed couple followed the regiment to India where Violet would pass her time painting (mainly with water colours) vibrant scenes of everyday life in India especially the busy Ghats (river side steps) and temples but she is far more famous back in her native Scotland for her poetry (mainly in Scot) which is often put to song and for her historical novels with the most famous being 'Flemington'.
Arthur and Violet had one son 'Arthur Henry Augustus Jacob' who would later become an officer in the Royal Fusiliers during WW1, He died at the Battle of Somme in 1916.
Condition - the field glasses are in good working order and retain good vision, would benefit from a light internal clean as traces of dust/dirt present on the ocular lenses, the faux leather covering to the body has some age related shrinkage and small areas of loss as seen in the photos, the leather case is also in good order with all stitching intact, one of the internal base blocks is absent, still retains its original strap.
Please study the images as part of condition report.
Sorry UK sale only.

Code: 51314