Box - H 345mm x W 175mm x D 200mm Weight - Box and all subparts - 800g estimate. The 45 degree angle is one of the most comfortable angles to help an observer sustain for extended watches. box: wood, plated metal microscope: metal, brass, glass Inscription and Marks. They aided in the following wartime tasks: daylight observation of enemy troop movements directing fire from artillery toward advancing enemy troops and armor directing fire at unfriendly aircraft and night observation. These binoculars were ruggedly constructed and essentially bulletproof, designed to withstand the perilous conditions of the battlefield. This filter was important to have due to the military tactic of planes flying in the sun so they couldn’t be seen from land. The light gray filters allow for better contrast in poor lighting conditions, and the very dark gray filter allows for objects to be viewed in bright sunlight. Earlier examples of this type are marked T indicating coated optics with a Kriegsmarine eagle.
#E. leitz wetzlar germany serial#
ii) beh Marked without Rubber Armour, Serial Range at least 328770 -436830. This type also has a Kriegsmarine eagle marking and usually does not have coated optics. Money guarantee would be made by Leitz Managing Director and the cousin of Ernst Leitz II Henri Dumur, but this was not to be shown anywhere. There is clear, light gray, medium dark, and very dark gray. Leitz Wetzlar Marked-Serial Range at least 238203 310223. Leitz- Wetzlar would decide whom to send out of Germany, when and to which country they had an agency. The binoculars also feature internal filters, or sun shades.
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The inside of the binoculars has been cleaned professionally, the outside smoothly polished. Stylishly built-up with a half gimballed brace system of polished aluminum on a matching mahogany stand. Optical quality is excellent: perfectly clear presentation, sharp contrast, crystal clear image. (Doppel Fernrohe) 10 x 80 observation binoculars. About Polished observation binoculars measure: 10 x 80īinoculars by the Germans made in 1941-1944.ĭ.F.