Mystery item contest (no prize but knowing you are smarter than me)

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Found this item locally and am completely stumped. Obviously sights of some kind perhaps German, based on the case which looks like G-3 Magazine cases.
That's as far as I got. Internet search yielded nothing.


I humbly present this to the vast knowledge base here for the answer.

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